2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in South Carolina (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 316 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,550 and $26,917 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 266 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,937 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 149 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Education at Clemson University

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 48 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160.

Full UofSC General Education Report

#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$11,178 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,758 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Anderson University South Carolina is a small school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 54 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Anderson University South Carolina did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Education at Anderson University South Carolina

#4

Converse College

Spartanburg, South Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$9,021 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Converse College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 13 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Converse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Converse are $9,021, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Education at Converse

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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