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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

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Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 2,216 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in South Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Medical University of South Carolina to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 491 students majoring in health professions at MUSC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Full Health Professions at Medical University of South Carolina Report

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

Of the 372 students majoring in health professions at UofSC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sherman College of Chiropractic. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the midsize suburb of Spartanburg, Sherman College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 47% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

Presbyterian College

Clinton, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presbyterian College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. PC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Clinton.

Women make up 75% of the health professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 85% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#6

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

About 63% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Anderson University South Carolina landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Francis Marion University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in the small suburb of Florence.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,223
Florida 11,386
North Carolina 5,768
Virginia 6,980
Tennessee 5,227
Georgia 5,701
Louisiana 2,725
West Virginia 1,503
Kentucky 4,192
Arkansas 1,559
Alabama 4,979

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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