2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 14,306 people earned their degree in international relations and national security, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, international relations and national security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,288 and had an average of $21,455 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 62 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,596 and $23,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international relations and national security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international relations and national security programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international relations and national security program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 2 Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

1,609 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list.Among the 35,470 students enrolled at University of South Carolina - Columbia, 1,609 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 651 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,453. In addition to receiving other benefits, 33 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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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Wofford College
Spartanburg, South Carolina

33 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$19,719 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wofford College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for International Relations for a Bachelor’s. Wofford College is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 11 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

Wofford also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Of the 1,764 students enrolled at Wofford, 33 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,719. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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