2023 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Basic Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in South Carolina. In total, 3,296 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in South Carolina.
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Greenville Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $5,186 per year.
GTC also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means York Technical College is a great value for nursing students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at York Technical College are $5,410 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, York Technical College is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in South Carolina.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Alabama | 7,364 |
Kentucky | 6,395 |
Tennessee | 6,004 |
Louisiana | 3,502 |
Mississippi | 2,838 |
Florida | 21,209 |
Arkansas | 2,882 |
North Carolina | 7,425 |
West Virginia | 1,771 |
Georgia | 7,112 |
Virginia | 6,775 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 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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