by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 59,565 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,538 and had an average of $23,620 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 95 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 68 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree compsci students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedict College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina. Benedict College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wofford College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claflin University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Claflin is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 12 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Furman University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s compsci students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charleston Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. Charleston Southern University is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s compsci degrees to qualified students.
Bob Jones University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 6 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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Presbyterian College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking. Presbyterian College is a small school located in Clinton, South Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Coker University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #8. Hartsville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s compsci degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Converse College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina ranking. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s compsci students in 2020-2021.
Winthrop University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CompSci Major in South Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
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