2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in South Carolina

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 Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Educational Administration is the 26th most popular major in the country with 45,664 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,025 and had an average of $38,048 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 385 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,656 and $35,910 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in educational administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great educational administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the educational administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 18 doctorate’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246.

Read more about Educational Administration at Clemson

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Educational Administration at UofSC

#3

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$22,570 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

South Carolina State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Carolina State University are $22,570, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Carolina State University Educational Administration Report

#3

North Greenville University

Tigerville, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$11,560 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Greenville University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. Tigerville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s education admin degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

North Greenville also took the #3 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Greenville University are $11,560, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at North Greenville

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration

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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