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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Carolina to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the most popular school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UofSC is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Women make up 69% of the nursing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at South University, Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in South Carolina. South University, Columbia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Columbia.

Women make up 75% of the nursing majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Anderson University South Carolina is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Anderson.

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Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Out of the 5 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Medical University of South Carolina helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in South Carolina. MUSC is a small public school located in the city of Charleston.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 21,209
North Carolina 7,425
Tennessee 6,004
Kentucky 6,395
Georgia 7,112
West Virginia 1,771
Virginia 6,775
Louisiana 3,502
Mississippi 2,838
Alabama 7,364
Arkansas 2,882

Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 5 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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