2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Carolina. With 308 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public & Social Service 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 public administration and social service 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 Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

Check out the public administration and social service doctor'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 Doctorate in Public & Social Service

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	244
Florida	1,526
North Carolina	1,324
Virginia	1,152
Tennessee	853
Georgia	885
Louisiana	842
West Virginia	317
Kentucky	1,040
Arkansas	372
Alabama	1,018

Public Administration & Social Service Related Majors for Public Administration & Social Service

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	33,631
Public Administration	13,571
Public Policy	3,737
Human Services	1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy	741
Other Public Administration	295

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions	45,189
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	1,613

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.