Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Athletic Trainer for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 36 masters’s athletic trainer degrees in 2020-2021.
UofSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Athletic Training Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Of the 35,470 students enrolled at UofSC, 1,609 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 651 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,453. On top of their other funding sources, 33 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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