2023 Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Law Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, law students earned 388 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

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'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Law Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Law

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, SC

199 Doctor's Degrees

#3 in Quality in South Carolina

$14,134 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best value school for law students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $14,134 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, UofSC is ranked #3 for overall quality for law in South Carolina.

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#2

Charleston School of Law

Charleston, SC

189 Doctor's Degrees

$43,374 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charleston School of Law. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Charleston Law is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

Charleston Law graduate students pay an average of $43,374 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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