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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$30,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 37 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree geography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $0-$30k) in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also made our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geography at UofSC

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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