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2023 Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$20,674 Avg Tuition & Fees*

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
8 Total Awards
$23,246 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 per year.

Clemson 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 69% took at least some of their classes online.

Clemson also took the #1 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#2

Francis Marion University

Florence, South Carolina
2 Total Awards
$22,000 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Francis Marion University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Florence, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Francis Marion University are $22,000 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Francis Marion University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Francis Marion University also took the #3 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#3

Anderson University South Carolina

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

Out of the 5 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s value ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.

Anderson University South Carolina does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 73% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Anderson University South Carolina also took the #4 spot in our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
372 Total Awards
$30,160 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the large public school awarded 372 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $30,160 per year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UofSC. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofSC is ranked #2 for overall quality in South Carolina.

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#5

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
20 Total Awards
$16,320 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means South University, Columbia is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. South University, Columbia is a very small private for-profit school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 20 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at South University, Columbia are $16,320 per year.

One thing to take note of is that South University, Columbia does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 34% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

South University, Columbia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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