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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,032 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Anderson University South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Anderson University South Carolina graduate students pay an average of $11,643 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Anderson University South Carolina also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $14,134 per year.

UofSC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South University, Columbia are $16,320 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, South University, Columbia is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in South Carolina.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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