2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physiology & Pathology Sciences in South Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physiology Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 8,813 people earned their degree in physiology and pathology sciences, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, physiology and pathology sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,932 and had an average of $23,672 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 390 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,054 and $25,333 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,770 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physiology Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in physiology and pathology sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in physiology and pathology sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physiology Major in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina doctor’s degree physiology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physiology & Pathology Sciences in South Carolina

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University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina

#2 overall quality in South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physiology Major in South Carolina list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UofSC Physiology & Pathology Sciences Report

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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Physiology Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Medical University of South Carolina landed the #2 spot on the list. Medical University of South Carolina is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at MUSC

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physiology & Pathology Sciences in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physiology & Pathology Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.