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

5 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin 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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 97 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree public admin students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Clemson also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.

Read full report on Public Administration at Clemson

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. UofSC is a large school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 9 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at UofSC

#3

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. College of Charleston is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

C of C did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at C of C are $36,592, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at C of C

#4

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. South University, Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South University, Columbia, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South University, Columbia are $16,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at South University, Columbia

#5

Strayer University - South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - South Carolina. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. Strayer University - South Carolina is a private for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - South Carolina also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - South Carolina are $15,135, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at Strayer University - South Carolina

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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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