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Best Schools for Industrial Design 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 industrial design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Industrial Design
Clemson University tops our 2026 ranking of the best industrial design schools. 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 78 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Clemson University in the most recent data year. Graduates of the industrial design program make about $46,689 in their early career. Clemson University graduates carry a median of $26,000 in student loans.
Read more about the industrial design program at Clemson University
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, 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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