by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 859 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,227 and $33,667 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 778 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Beaufort. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Located in Bluffton, South Carolina, this small public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #2 spot on the list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 132 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South University, Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina. South University, Columbia is a private for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 493 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedict College landed the #5 spot on the list. Benedict College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Coastal Carolina University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Conway, South Carolina, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Coastal Carolina University
With a ranking of #7, Charleston Southern University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Charleston Southern University
With a ranking of #8, Furman University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Furman University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Columbia College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina ranking. Columbia College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s public health degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #10, Anderson University South Carolina did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public health students 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%.
Full Anderson University South Carolina Public Health Report
Voorhees College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Denmark, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia International University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Health at Columbia International University
With a ranking of #11, Lander University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in South Carolina list. Greenwood, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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