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2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Science School for You

Computer Science is the #64 most popular major in South Carolina with 27 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Science Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for compsci 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 Computer Science Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Science Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Science

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the best value school in South Carolina for computer science students. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofSC are $12,688 per year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Computer Science Schools in South Carolina list.

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#2

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC
$12,978 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at College of Charleston helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer science schools in South Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, C of C is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Computer Science at College of Charleston

Best Value Computer Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 10
Florida 112
Georgia 478
North Carolina 696
Tennessee 140
Kentucky 39
Louisiana 102
Alabama 33
Mississippi 6
Arkansas 22
West Virginia 14

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Computer Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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