2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 80 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,883 and $24,332 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology 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 information technology 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 IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree it students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $48-$75k) in South Carolina

#1

Coastal Carolina University

Conway, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$19,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coastal Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k list. Coastal Carolina University is located in Conway, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Coastal Carolina University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Coastal Carolina University are $19,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Information Technology at Coastal Carolina University

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UofSC Information Technology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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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