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2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina

8 Ranked Colleges
100 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor's in South Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 101 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,417 and $41,999 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in information science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Science in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 24 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $20,008 for south carolina bachelor’s degree is students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Science at Clemson

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 11 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia is $20,509 for south carolina bachelor’s degree is students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Information Science at UofSC

#3

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Charleston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

C of C did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $19,000 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend College of Charleston.

Read full report on Information Science at C of C

#4

Coastal Carolina University

Conway, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coastal Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina. Located in Conway, South Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Coastal Carolina University also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Coastal Carolina University is $14,749 for south carolina bachelor’s degree is students.

Full Coastal Carolina University Information Science Report

#5

University of South Carolina - Upstate

Spartanburg, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Upstate is a medium-sized school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 10 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

USC Upstate not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $15,832 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend USC Upstate.

Full USC Upstate Information Science Report

#6

Strayer University - South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina

With a ranking of #6, Strayer University - South Carolina did quite well on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. Strayer University - South Carolina is a small private for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s IS degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - South Carolina also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $22,867 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree IS students per year to attend Strayer University - South Carolina.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Information Science at Strayer University - South Carolina

#7

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

With a ranking of #7, South University, Columbia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. South University, Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s IS degrees to qualified students.

South University, Columbia also made our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $23,187 for south carolina bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend South University, Columbia.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Information Science at South University, Columbia

#8

Furman University

Greenville, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Furman University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value IS Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Furman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $30,861 for south carolina bachelor’s degree is students per year to attend Furman.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Information Science at Furman University

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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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