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Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor 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 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 analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. UofSC is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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

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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South University, Columbia is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. South University, Columbia is a 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 city of Anderson.

Read full report on Nursing at Anderson University South Carolina

#4

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 college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Nursing at Clemson University

Out of the 5 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Medical University of South Carolina landed the # 4 spot on the list. MUSC is a small public school located in the city of Charleston.

Full Nursing at Medical University of South Carolina Report

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
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 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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