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2022 Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor's in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,268 people earned their degree in astronomy and astrophysics, making the major the 222nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,700 and had an average of $21,346 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 11 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great astronomy and astrophysics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the astronomy and astrophysics 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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Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree astronomy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

#1

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Astronomy Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Charleston is a fairly large public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 11 bachelors’s astronomy degrees in 2019-2020.

C of C also made our “Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,570 for South Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Astronomy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend 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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