2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 1,789 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,600 and $26,983 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 178 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,464 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biology degrees to 120 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. The Citadel is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s biology degrees to qualified students.

The Citadel also made our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Citadel are $18,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 20 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, South Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$30,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. This medium-sized school is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and it awarded 7 masters’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

Winthrop not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winthrop are $30,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Winthrop General Biology Report

#5

Charleston Southern University

Charleston, South Carolina

#5 in overall quality

$7,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Biology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Charleston Southern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s biology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

CSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSU are $7,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Biology at CSU

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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