by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across South Carolina, there were 187 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. That schools that top this list have a program in secondary education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Upstate landed the #1 spot on the list. USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Aiken. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Aiken is located in Aiken, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Secondary Education at University of South Carolina - Aiken
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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees 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 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #4 spot on the list. College of Charleston is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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 #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Full Citadel Military College of South Carolina Secondary Education Report
Limestone College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina ranking. Limestone College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gaffney, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Secondary Education at Limestone College
Southern Wesleyan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina ranking. Southern Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Central, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wofford College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in South Carolina ranking. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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