2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
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The Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in South Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina
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Our 2023 rankings named Clemson University the best school in South Carolina for students working on their graduate certificate. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and has a large student population. In , this school awarded 145 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Online graduate courses are available at Clemson, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2022-2023 year, about 48% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Furman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in South Carolina. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 26 students in .
Online graduate courses are available at Furman, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2022-2023 year, about 51% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in South Carolina. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the large public school awarded 429 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in .
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UofSC. In fact, around 43% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2022-2023.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. This small public school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 101 graduate certificates in .
The Citadel does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2022-2023 year, about 81% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in South Carolina.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out SWU. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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College of Charleston ranked #6 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the fairly large public school handed out 16 graduate certificate awards in .
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since C of C does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2022-2023 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.
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Anderson University South Carolina landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Anderson, South Carolina, and it awarded 14 graduate certificates in .
Anderson University South Carolina does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2022-2023 year, about 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Columbia International University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. CIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 graduate certificates in .
One thing to take note of is that CIU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2022-2023.
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Coastal Carolina University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs. Located in Conway, South Carolina, the fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in .
Online graduate courses are available at Coastal Carolina University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2022-2023.
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South University, Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. South University, Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a very small student population. In , this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Online graduate courses are available at South University, Columbia, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 40% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2022-2023.
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Winthrop University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. Rock Hill, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 55 students in .
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Winthrop does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2022-2023.
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Francis Marion University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in Florence, South Carolina that handed out 11 graduate certificates in .
Francis Marion University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2022-2023 about 77% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Converse College landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in .
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Converse. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2022-2023 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.
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South Carolina State University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs. South Carolina State University is a small public school located in Orangeburg, South Carolina that handed out 20 graduate certificates in .
Online graduate courses are available at South Carolina State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 53% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2022-2023.
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Notes and References
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*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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