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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,032 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 2nd in South Carolina. In fact, 468 were awarded in the state 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate 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 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Anderson University South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $14,134 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofSC also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at South University, Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in South Carolina. Located in the large suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South University, Columbia are $16,320 a year.

Read full report on Nursing at South University, Columbia

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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