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2023 Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,911 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Master's Degree School for You

With 173 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #19 most popular major in South Carolina.

Today's 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 that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Biology

Our analysis found Charleston Southern University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

CSU graduate students pay an average of $5,085 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Biology at Charleston Southern University Report

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clemson are $11,796 a year.

Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Full General Biology at Clemson University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general biology schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $14,134 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofSC is ranked #3 for overall quality for biology in South Carolina.

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#4

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Winthrop is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Rock Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winthrop are $16,012 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical University of South Carolina. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MUSC are $17,702 per year.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 426
Florida 341
Georgia 262
North Carolina 213
Tennessee 127
Kentucky 94
Louisiana 153
Alabama 232
Mississippi 222
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 49

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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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