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2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

6 Schools Ranked

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. Also there are many trade schools and bpptcamp that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in South Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Nursing Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
$14,134 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the best school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their master’s degree.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UofSC. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
$11,796 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Clemson. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 69% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
$11,643 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Anderson University South Carolina. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Francis Marion University

Florence, South Carolina
$11,388 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Francis Marion University is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree.

Francis Marion University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 77% took at least some of their classes online.

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#5

University of South Carolina - Upstate

Spartanburg, South Carolina
$14,109 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of South Carolina - Upstate helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in South Carolina.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since USC Upstate does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#6

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
$16,320 Average Tuition & Fees

South University, Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since South University, Columbia does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 34% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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%.

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