2023 Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Management Information Systems is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 13,680 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, management information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,647 and had an average of $24,340 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 52 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,975 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in management information systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality management information systems programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the management information systems program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

1

Anderson University South Carolina
Anderson, South Carolina

100 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$8,507 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s MIS students in 2020-2021.

Anderson University South Carolina did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list.Our most recent data shows that 100 of the 3,848 students enrolled at Anderson University South Carolina were GI Bill® students, of which 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,507. To help with additional expenses, 14 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Anderson University South Carolina offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Anderson University South Carolina Veteran Student Life Report

2

Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina

185 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,066 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Francis Marion University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s list. Francis Marion University is located in Florence, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s MIS degrees to qualified students.

Francis Marion University also made our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Francis Marion University supports 4,148 students, and 185 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 60 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,066. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full Francis Marion University Veteran Student Life Report

3

Claflin University
Orangeburg, South Carolina

120 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$10,484 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for MIS for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Claflin University landed the #3 spot on the list. Claflin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Claflin, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.According to our most recent data, Claflin supports 2,048 students, and 120 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 36 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,484. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Claflin]](/colleges/claflin-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

Notes and References

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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