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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the <nil> to help you in your search for the best school for you.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
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Our analysis found Furman University to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. Furman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Furman are $7,513 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Furman. During the 2019-2020 year, about 8% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Furman also made our list, coming in at #2.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The Citadel graduate students pay an average of $18,540 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at The Citadel. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 76% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The Citadel also made our list, coming in at #3.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, the large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Clemson does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 69% took at least some of their classes online.
Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our list.
Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 267 graduate certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofSC are $30,160 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UofSC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
UofSC also took the #1 spot in our rankings.
Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s value ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Anderson University South Carolina does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 73% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Anderson University South Carolina is ranked #5 for overall quality in South Carolina.
Winthrop University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Winthrop is a public institution located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Winthrop are $30,342 a year.
Winthrop does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 87% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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