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2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$13,208 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,434 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate School for You

With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, student counseling is the #11 most popular major in South Carolina.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in South Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for student counseling students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Student Counseling

Our analysis found Citadel Military College of South Carolina to be the best value school for student counseling students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.

The Citadel graduate students pay an average of $10,890 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, The Citadel is ranked #4 for overall quality for student counseling in South Carolina.

Full Student Counseling at Citadel Military College of South Carolina Report

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great value for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Clemson is a very large public school located in the 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 Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for student counseling students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Student Counseling Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#4

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Winthrop University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value student counseling schools in South Carolina. Winthrop is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Rock Hill.

Winthrop graduate students pay an average of $16,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Student Counseling at Winthrop University Report

Best Value Student Counseling Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 701
Florida 385
Georgia 358
North Carolina 557
Tennessee 239
Kentucky 352
Louisiana 150
Alabama 329
Mississippi 179
Arkansas 305
West Virginia 83

One of 14 majors within the area of study, student counseling has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

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).
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