2023 Best Value Agriculture Schools in South Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School for You
In 2020-2021, 473 degrees and certificates were awarded to agriculture and agriculture operations students who went to a South Carolina college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Agriculture Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for agriculture and agriculture operations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Agriculture
Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best value school in South Carolina for agriculture and agriculture operations students. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clemson are $15,558 per year. The average amount in student loans that agriculture and agriculture operations majors at Clemson take out is $24,967. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $496, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
Clemson did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Agriculture Schools in South Carolina list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spartanburg Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools in South Carolina list. Spartanburg Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Spartanburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Spartanburg Community College are $6,030 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,254 |
| West Virginia | 256 |
| Mississippi | 568 |
| Florida | 1,234 |
| Virginia | 703 |
| Arkansas | 636 |
| Alabama | 702 |
| Kentucky | 898 |
| Georgia | 876 |
| Tennessee | 1,090 |
| Louisiana | 443 |
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Majors Related to Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | 8,646 |
| Animal Science | 8,294 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 8,098 |
| General Agriculture | 3,370 |
| Horticulture | 3,234 |
| Plant Sciences | 3,175 |
| Agricultural Production | 3,066 |
| Food Science Technology | 2,532 |
| Agricultural Mechanization | 1,280 |
| Animal Services | 990 |
| Agricultural Public Services | 845 |
| Other Agriculture | 602 |
| Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs | 527 |
| Soil Sciences | 406 |
| Food Processing | 237 |
| International Agriculture | 122 |
| Veterinary Administrative Services | 118 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Engineering | 198,468 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.