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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,763 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, psychology was ranked 10th in South Carolina. In fact, 169 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for psychology 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 Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Citadel Military College of South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized 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.

The Citadel also made our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Francis Marion University is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in the suburb of Florence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Francis Marion University are $11,388 a year.

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#3

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Winthrop University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in South Carolina. Winthrop is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Rock Hill.

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

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Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 134
Florida 2,049
North Carolina 318
Virginia 1,767
Tennessee 424
Georgia 495
Louisiana 249
West Virginia 195
Kentucky 819
Arkansas 47
Alabama 355

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Majors Similar to Psychology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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