by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 713 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,250 and $30,390 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 292 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in public administration and social service. That schools that top this list have a program in public administration and social service in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winthrop University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina list. Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - South Carolina. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina list. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Strayer University - South Carolina
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 5 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at South University, Columbia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 160 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina list. College of Charleston is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full College of Charleston Public Administration & Social Service Report
Clemson University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina ranking. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 40 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Clemson
Limestone College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #7. Limestone College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gaffney, South Carolina. It awarded 61 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Limestone College
Columbia International University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in South Carolina ranking. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 7 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Columbia International University Public Administration & Social Service Report
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