2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in South Carolina with 3,296 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Anderson University South Carolina to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Anderson.
Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Anderson University South Carolina not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UofSC is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a year.
UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at South University, Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in South Carolina. South University, Columbia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Columbia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South University, Columbia are $16,320 a year.
South University, Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.
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Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 21,209 |
North Carolina | 7,425 |
Tennessee | 6,004 |
Kentucky | 6,395 |
Georgia | 7,112 |
West Virginia | 1,771 |
Virginia | 6,775 |
Alabama | 7,364 |
Louisiana | 3,502 |
Mississippi | 2,838 |
Arkansas | 2,882 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Nursing Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
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).
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