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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,318 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,291 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 8th in South Carolina. In fact, 286 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education 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 Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for general education students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $11,796 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, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for education in South Carolina.

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#2

Converse College

Spartanburg, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Converse College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Spartanburg, Converse is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Converse graduate students pay an average of $7,698 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a year.

UofSC also made our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 864
Florida 407
Georgia 106
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 309
Kentucky 87
Louisiana 77
Alabama 115
Mississippi 276
Arkansas 51
West Virginia 230

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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