2025 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Ranked #31 in popularity, general biology is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 146 master's degrees in general biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general biology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt general biology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general biology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general biology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Biology Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Biology in South Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general biology.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Master's in Biology

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

89 Annual Graduates

$60,001 Median Starting Salary

Clemson University is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in general biology. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson.

Master's recipients from the general biology degree program at Clemson University get $11,447 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in general biology from Clemson University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

16 Annual Graduates

$37,107 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in general biology has to check out University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the biology program earn about $37,107 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in general biology from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Biology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	256
Georgia	190	179
Virginia	182	229
North Carolina	178	183
Tennessee	166	83
Alabama	151	203
Kentucky	147	66
Louisiana	147	117
Mississippi	145	213
Arkansas	121	25
West Virginia	112	39

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biology

General Biology is one of 14 different types of Biological & Biomedical Sciences programs to choose from.

Biology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Biology Studies	105
General Biomedical Sciences	41

Majors Similar to Biology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	69
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	22
Genetics	14
Zoology	10
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	2
Biotechnology	2
Pharmacology & Toxicology	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.