2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 37,747 people earned their degree in sociology, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States.

Across South Carolina, there were 364 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sociology 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 sociology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

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

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

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sociology at UofSC

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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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