2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in South Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Student Counseling is the 73rd most popular major in the country with 14,055 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, student counseling graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,174 and had an average of $42,631 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 215 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,183 and $42,447 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 130 student counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in student counseling. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great student counseling programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the student counseling 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 Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Student Counseling in South Carolina

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$18,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,821 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 19 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

The Citadel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Student Counseling Master’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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina are $18,540.

Read more about Student Counseling at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,489 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 55 masters’s student counseling degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clemson University Student Counseling Report

#3

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,855 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Student Counseling 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.

Read full report on Student Counseling at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#4

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, South Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$30,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,848 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. Rock Hill, South Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s student counseling degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Winthrop also made our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winthrop University are $30,036.

Full Winthrop University Student Counseling Report

#5

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, South Carolina

#5 in overall quality

$22,570 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Student Counseling Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. Located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, this small public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s student counseling students in 2019-2020.

South Carolina State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Carolina State University are $22,570, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Student Counseling at South Carolina State University

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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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