2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Economics in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General Economics Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 31,150 people earned their degree in general economics, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States.

Across South Carolina, there were 319 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general economics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Economics in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 12 masters’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Economics at Clemson

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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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