by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 60,631 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $67,713 and had an average of $22,661 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 126 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,113 and $25,164 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer science.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedict College landed the #1 spot on the list. Benedict College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2021-2022.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wofford College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s compsci students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Claflin University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s compsci degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Furman University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Charleston Southern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina. Charleston Southern University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 14 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Bob Jones University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Presbyterian College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #7. Presbyterian College is located in Clinton, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Coker University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Coker is located in Hartsville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Converse College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Winthrop University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking. Winthrop is a public institution located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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