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2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

6 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Online Doctor'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. This report analyzed 6 schools in South Carolina to see which ones had the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
509 Total Awards
$17,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Medical University of South Carolina the most popular school in South Carolina for students working on their doctor’s degree. Medical University of South Carolina is a small public school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 509 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 21% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
11 Total Awards
$11,643 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Anderson University South Carolina is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Anderson, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 36% were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
225 Total Awards
$11,796 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, the large public school awarded 225 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 47% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 69% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Francis Marion University

Florence, South Carolina
2 Total Awards
$11,388 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Francis Marion University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Florence, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 77% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
859 Total Awards
$14,134 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Carolina. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 859 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 54% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#6

Southern Wesleyan University

Central, South Carolina
$13,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Wesleyan University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Since the graduate programs at SWU are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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