by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 352 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,241 and $26,756 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 281 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree education students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Converse College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the #2 spot on the list. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anderson, South Carolina. It awarded 43 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 153 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 64 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Furman University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Southern Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Central, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 19 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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