2023 Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 19,832 people earned their degree in curriculum and instruction, making the major the 55th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, curriculum and instruction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $50,993 and had an average of $28,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 196 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,384 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in curriculum and instruction. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great curriculum and instruction programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the curriculum and instruction program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

1

North Greenville University
Tigerville, South Carolina

70 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$11,696 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Greenville University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s. This small school is located in Tigerville, South Carolina, and it awarded 16 masters’s curriculum degrees in 2020-2021.

North Greenville also took the #1 spot in our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Among the 2,280 students enrolled at North Greenville, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,696. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Greenville offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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2

Coker University
Hartsville, South Carolina

53 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$13,222 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Coker University landed the #2 spot on the list. Coker University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hartsville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Coker not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 1,087 students enrolled at Coker were GI Bill® students, of which 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,222. To help with additional expenses, 10 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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3

Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina

185 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,066 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Francis Marion University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Curriculum for a Master’s. Florence, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s curriculum degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.

Francis Marion University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Of the 4,148 students enrolled at Francis Marion University, 185 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 60 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,066. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Francis Marion University]](/colleges/francis-marion-university/student-life/veterans/)

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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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