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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$19,374 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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 or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. 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.

Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
3 Total Awards
$11,643 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Anderson University South Carolina the best value school in South Carolina for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Anderson University South Carolina is located in Anderson, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 graduate certificates to qualified students.

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

Online graduate courses are available at Anderson University South Carolina, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 73% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Anderson University South Carolina did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
13 Total Awards
$30,160 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 13 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

UofSC graduate students pay an average of $30,160 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at UofSC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

UofSC also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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#3

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
4 Total Awards
$16,320 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Columbia, South Carolina, the very small private for-profit school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

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

Online graduate courses are available at South University, Columbia, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 34% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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 in South Carolina.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

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).
  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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