2022 Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods (Income $30-$48k) in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is the 47th most popular major in the country with 36,038 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, management sciences and quantitative methods graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,558 and had an average of $28,049 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 426 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,900 and $34,438 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in management sciences and quantitative methods. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great management sciences and quantitative methods programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the management sciences and quantitative methods 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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Best Value Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods (Income $30-$48k) in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$16,111 Average Net Price

$45,200 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 425 ’s management science degrees to qualified students.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools in South Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for UofSC is $16,111 for South Carolina Management Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Report

#2

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$10,902 Average Net Price

$37,820 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Management Science Schools in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s management science students in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools in South Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend Bob Jones University is $10,902 for South Carolina Management Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Bob Jones University

• Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods (Income $30-$48k)

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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