2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

With 859 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #12 most popular major in South Carolina.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for public health 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 Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public health majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Health

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

1 Doctor's Degrees

#1 in Quality in South Carolina

$11,796 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Clemson University to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in South Carolina. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $11,796 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for public health in South Carolina.

Read full report on Public Health at Clemson University

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, SC

16 Doctor's Degrees

#3 in Quality in South Carolina

$14,134 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $14,134 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Full Public Health at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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