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2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

6 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in South Carolina to see which ones had the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
509 Total Awards
$17,702 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Medical University of South Carolina the most popular school in South Carolina for students working on their doctor’s degree. This small public school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 509 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 21% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
11 Total Awards
$11,643 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Anderson University South Carolina helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in South Carolina. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 11 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 36% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
225 Total Awards
$11,796 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large public school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 225 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 47% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 69% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
859 Total Awards
$14,134 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 859 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 54% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Francis Marion University

Florence, South Carolina
2 Total Awards
$11,388 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Francis Marion University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Francis Marion University is a small public school located in Florence, South Carolina that handed out 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 77% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#6

Southern Wesleyan University

Central, South Carolina
$13,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Wesleyan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list.

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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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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