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2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$10,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology School for You

Information Technology is the #104 most popular major in South Carolina with 84 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Technology

$5,356 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Horry-Georgetown Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for information technology students. Located in the small city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Information Technology at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Report

Out of the 8 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GTC are $5,186 a year.

Full Information Technology at Greenville Technical College Report

$13,515 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Strayer University - South Carolina is a great value for information technology students. Located in the small city of Greenville, Strayer University - South Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Strayer University - South Carolina are $13,515 per year. The average amount in student loans that IT majors at Strayer University - South Carolina take out is $32,810.

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$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in South Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofSC are $12,688 a year.

UofSC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Information Technology Schools in South Carolina list.

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$6,594 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Carolina Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Sumter, Central Carolina is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Carolina are $6,594 per year.

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#6

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC
$5,315 Average Tuition & Fees

Piedmont Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Piedmont Technical College are $5,315 a year.

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$11,640 Average Tuition & Fees

Coastal Carolina University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value information technology programs. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Coastal Carolina University are $11,640 a year.

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#8

Limestone College

Gaffney, SC

Limestone College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Information Technology Schools in South Carolina ranking. Limestone College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Gaffney.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Limestone College are $26,300 per year. IT majors at Limestone College take out an average of $34,460 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 944
Virginia 1,707
North Carolina 181
Florida 1,470
Tennessee 37
Kentucky 2,193
Louisiana 85
Arkansas 55
Alabama 176
Mississippi 49
West Virginia 758

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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