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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$17,696 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,978 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management School for You

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in South Carolina with 1,189 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 19 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Schools

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

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

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$12,570 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

The Citadel undergraduate students pay an average of $12,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The Citadel did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list.

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#3

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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clemson are $15,558 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for business administration in South Carolina.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for business administration and management students. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofSC are $12,688 a year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list.

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$30,720 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Anderson University South Carolina is a great value for business administration and management students. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Anderson University South Carolina undergraduate students pay an average of $30,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$10,760 Average Tuition & Fees

University of South Carolina - Aiken ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list. UofSC Aiken is a small public school located in the suburb of Aiken.

UofSC Aiken undergraduate students pay an average of $10,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Lander University

Greenwood, SC
$11,700 Average Tuition & Fees

Lander University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Lander University is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lander University are $11,700 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Coastal Carolina University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Conway.

Coastal Carolina University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

North Greenville University

Tigerville, SC

North Greenville University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business administration and management programs. Located in the rural area of Tigerville, North Greenville is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

North Greenville undergraduate students pay an average of $22,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC
$12,978 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, College of Charleston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population.

C of C undergraduate students pay an average of $12,978 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 4,501
Florida 6,459
Georgia 2,352
North Carolina 3,290
Tennessee 2,285
Kentucky 1,040
Louisiana 3,270
Alabama 3,064
Mississippi 1,096
Arkansas 469
West Virginia 1,201

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 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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