2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

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Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across South Carolina, there were 451 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 244 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 196 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Work at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#2

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Winthrop did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winthrop University are $30,036.

Read full report on Social Work at Winthrop University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k)

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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