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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in South Carolina
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general materials engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in General Materials Engineering
Leading the list is Clemson University, our #1 school for general materials engineering. Clemson University is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson. Clemson University graduates 87% of students within six years. There were roughly 35 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson University in the most recent data year. Graduates of the general materials engineering program make about $69,763 in their early career. Clemson University graduates carry a median of $25,243 in student loans.
See the full general materials engineering program report for Clemson University
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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