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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,702 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,643 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 79 degrees and certificates were awarded to health/medical prep programs students who went to a South Carolina college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for medical prep 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 Health/Medical Prep Programs Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

Check out the medical prep master'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 Master's in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

Furman University

Greenville, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Furman University the best value school in South Carolina for health/medical prep programs students working on their master’s degree. Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Furman are $7,513 a year.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at Furman University

The excellent master’s degree programs at Medical University of South Carolina helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health/medical prep programs schools in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MUSC are $17,702 a year.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 84
North Carolina 133
Tennessee 54
Kentucky 5
Georgia 355
West Virginia 102
Virginia 171
Louisiana 18
Mississippi 439
Alabama 172
Arkansas 99

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health/medical prep programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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