2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 38,958 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. 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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology 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 IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology 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 list. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large school located in Conway, South Carolina that handed out 4 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

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 more about Information Technology at Coastal Carolina University

#2

Strayer University - South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,309 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - South Carolina. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value IT Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. Strayer University - South Carolina is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - South Carolina did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - South Carolina are $15,135, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Information Technology at Strayer University - South Carolina

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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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