2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in South Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 38,020 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 847 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,650 and $30,854 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health 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 public health program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 36 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at UofSC

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Clemson 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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