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2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina

5 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor's in South Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Secondary Education is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 201 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great secondary education 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 secondary education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in South Carolina

#1

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

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 Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Citadel is $18,548 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Secondary Education at The Citadel

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Aiken landed the #2 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Aiken is a small public school situated in Aiken, South Carolina. It awarded 7 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC Aiken also took the #5 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. It costs about $15,050 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students per year to attend UofSC Aiken.

Full University of South Carolina - Aiken Secondary Education Report

#3

University of South Carolina - Upstate

Spartanburg, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC Upstate, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. It costs about $15,832 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students per year to attend USC Upstate.

Read full report on Secondary Education at USC Upstate

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $20,008 for south carolina bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students per year to attend Clemson University.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Secondary Education at Clemson University

#5

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

C of C not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend College of Charleston is $19,000 for south carolina bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.

Read more about Secondary Education at College of Charleston

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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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