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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$14,032 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 3,296 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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 small city of Anderson.

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

Full Nursing at Anderson University South Carolina Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized 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 #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Nursing at University of South Carolina - Columbia

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South University, Columbia is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. South University, Columbia is a 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.

Read full report on Nursing at South University, Columbia

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

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

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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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