2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in South Carolina to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
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Our 2023 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the most popular school in South Carolina for students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 388 students in 2020-2021.
Around 46% of those degree recipients were women.
UofSC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Clemson University is a large public school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 328 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 79% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Clemson. In fact, around 69% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 75 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 48% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since The Citadel does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Winthrop University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Winthrop is a medium-sized public school situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It awarded 45 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
Winthrop does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the fairly large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
C of C does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #6, Furman University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 40 students in 2020-2021.
Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
Furman does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 8% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #7, Converse College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Converse does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.
South Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. South Carolina State University is a small public school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 15 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 93% were women.
South Carolina State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 44% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Strayer University - South Carolina ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Strayer University - South Carolina is a small private for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 18% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Strayer University - South Carolina. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #10, Columbia International University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 29% were women.
One thing to take note of is that CIU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 93% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Francis Marion University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Francis Marion University is located in Florence, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Francis Marion University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Wesleyan University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Southern Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Central, South Carolina that handed out 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, SWU is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Coastal Carolina University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Conway, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Coastal Carolina University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Anderson University South Carolina ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Anderson University South Carolina is located in Anderson, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Anderson University South Carolina. During the 2019-2020 year, about 73% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
South University, Columbia ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the very small private for-profit school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
South University, Columbia does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 34% took at least some of their classes online.
Medical University of South Carolina did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #15 on the list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 25% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at MUSC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 21% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #17, University of South Carolina - Upstate did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
USC Upstate does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Bob Jones University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Bob Jones University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 37% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #18, North Greenville University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
North Greenville does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 60% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #18, Columbia College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Columbia College South Carolina. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 20 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%.
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