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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Social Work is the #28 most popular major in South Carolina with 383 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

Our analysis found University of South Carolina - Columbia to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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

UofSC also made our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Social Work at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#2

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Rock Hill, Winthrop is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winthrop are $16,012 a year.

Full Social Work at Winthrop University Report

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 753
Virginia 1,010
North Carolina 1,757
Florida 1,569
Tennessee 1,237
Kentucky 1,510
Louisiana 859
Arkansas 405
Alabama 1,173
Mississippi 595
West Virginia 316

One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

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 Army Medicine.

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