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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$5,461 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate School for You

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in South Carolina to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Our analysis found Trident Technical College to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in South Carolina. Trident Technical College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

Trident Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,143 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Trident Technical College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $32,089.

Trident Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. OCtech is a small public school located in the rural area of Orangeburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OCtech are $5,714 a year. Practical Nursing majors at OCtech take out an average of $19,425 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

OCtech also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Florence-Darlington Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in South Carolina. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Florence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florence-Darlington Technical College are $4,870 per year.

Florence-Darlington Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tri-County Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of Pendleton, TCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TCTC are $5,840 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at TCTC accumulate an average of around $18,105 in student debt.

TCTC also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Horry-Georgetown Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in South Carolina. Located in the small city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Horry-Georgetown Technical College take out an average of $29,410 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#6

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC

York Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the small city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

York Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, practical nursing graduates from York Technical College take out $15,093 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#7

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Piedmont Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. Located in the town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,315 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Piedmont Technical College carry an average student debtload of $26,155.

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Aiken Technical College

Graniteville, SC

Aiken Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Aiken Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Graniteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aiken Technical College are $5,306 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Aiken Technical College carry an average student debtload of $24,175.

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Technical College of the Lowcountry landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the distant town of Beaufort, TCL is a public school with a small student population.

TCL undergraduate students pay an average of $5,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Midlands Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of West Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MTC are $5,916 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at MTC accumulate an average of around $23,142 in student debt.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alabama 15
Kentucky 47
Tennessee 14
Louisiana 21
Mississippi 0
Florida 0
Arkansas 31

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

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