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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$13,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

Check out the nursing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a fairly 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 also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Medical University of South Carolina helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in South Carolina. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MUSC are $17,702 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. 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 Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Francis Marion University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in the small suburb of Florence.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Francis Marion University are $11,388 per year.

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University of South Carolina - Upstate came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. USC Upstate is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Spartanburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC Upstate are $14,109 a year.

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South University, Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South University, Columbia are $16,320 per year.

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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 7 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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