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2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$13,743 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was ranked 2nd in South Carolina. In fact, 7,283 were awarded in the state 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Charleston Southern University to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, CSU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSU are $5,085 a year.

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#2

Furman University

Greenville, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Furman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Furman are $7,513 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Medical University of South Carolina helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

MUSC graduate students pay an average of $17,702 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in South Carolina. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $11,796 per year.

Clemson also made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Francis Marion University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in the suburb of Florence.

Francis Marion University graduate students pay an average of $11,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a year.

UofSC also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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University of South Carolina - Upstate landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. USC Upstate is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Spartanburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC Upstate are $14,109 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, South Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Orangeburg, South Carolina State University is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Carolina State University are $11,460 per year.

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#10

South University, Columbia

Columbia, SC

With a ranking of #10, South University, Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South University, Columbia are $16,320 per year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,617
West Virginia 5,590
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Arkansas 6,286
Mississippi 6,374
Tennessee 13,576
Louisiana 7,992
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
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
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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