2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management 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 has developed its “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Hospitality Management is the 61st most popular major in the country with 17,830 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, hospitality management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,271 and had an average of $21,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 420 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,025 and $22,211 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 hospitality management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality hospitality management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the hospitality management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Hospitality Management in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hospitality Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s hospitality degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Hospitality Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Hospitality Management Report

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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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