2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in South Carolina (With Aid)

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 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 181st most popular major in the country with 4,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 21 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality higher education/higher education administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the higher education/higher education administration 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 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. The Citadel is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

The Citadel also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Citadel are $18,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

#2

Columbia College

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$10,911 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Columbia College South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia College South Carolina, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College South Carolina are $10,911, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration (With Aid)

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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