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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,273 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School for You

With 80 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #16 most popular major in South Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Citadel Military College of South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The Citadel are $10,890 a year.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

Full Social Sciences at Citadel Military College of South Carolina Report

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $11,796 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Clemson also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Full Social Sciences at Clemson University Report

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 Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school 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 also took the #3 spot in our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

Full Social Sciences at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
Florida 594
North Carolina 572
Virginia 627
Tennessee 187
Georgia 456
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 86
Kentucky 150
Arkansas 47
Alabama 263

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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