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2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$21,244 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,477 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Accounting School for You

Accounting is the #16 most popular major in South Carolina with 192 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Accounting Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in South Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for accounting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Accounting Schools in South Carolina

Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Accounting

#1

Furman University

Greenville, SC
$53,372 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Furman University the best value school in South Carolina for accounting students. Located in the suburb of Greenville, Furman is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Furman are $53,372 a year.

Full Accounting at Furman University Report

$28,960 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Charleston Southern University is a great value for accounting students. CSU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSU are $28,960 a year.

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#3

Clemson University

Clemson, SC
$15,558 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best accounting schools in South Carolina. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Clemson are $15,558 a year.

Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Accounting Schools in South Carolina list.

Full Accounting at Clemson University Report

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for accounting students. UofSC is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,688 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 accounting in South Carolina.

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#5

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC
$12,978 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Charleston. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Accounting Schools in South Carolina list. C of C is a large public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at C of C are $12,978 a year.

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Coastal Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for accounting students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Coastal Carolina University are $11,640 a year.

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$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Strayer University - South Carolina did quite well on this year’s best value schools for accounting students. Strayer University - South Carolina is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Greenville.

Strayer University - South Carolina undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Accounting at Strayer University - South Carolina Report

Best Value Accounting Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 559
Florida 982
Georgia 549
North Carolina 586
Tennessee 354
Kentucky 111
Louisiana 102
Alabama 395
Mississippi 306
Arkansas 81
West Virginia 83

Accounting is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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