2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Law is the 25th most popular major in the country with 34,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, law graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,876 and had an average of $112,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 416 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,500 and $128,193 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 416 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in law. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality law programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the law program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina

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

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

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina list. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 202 doctorate’s law degrees to qualified students.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. 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.

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#2

Charleston School of Law

Charleston, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$42,134 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Charleston School of Law. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in South Carolina. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this small private for-profit school awarded 214 degrees to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.

Charleston Law also took the #2 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Charleston School of Law are $42,134, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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