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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$11,822 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, educational administration students earned 402 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in South Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

Our analysis found Citadel Military College of South Carolina to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Citadel are $10,890 per year.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofSC are $14,134 per year.

UofSC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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#3

Converse College

Spartanburg, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Converse College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in South Carolina. Located in the small city of Spartanburg, Converse is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Converse graduate students pay an average of $7,698 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in South Carolina. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $11,796 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clemson is ranked #1 for overall quality for education admin in South Carolina.

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Out of the 7 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Coastal Carolina University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Coastal Carolina University are $10,764 a year.

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#6

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

Winthrop University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Winthrop is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Rock Hill.

Winthrop graduate students pay an average of $16,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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South Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Orangeburg, South Carolina State University is a public college with a small student population.

South Carolina State University graduate students pay an average of $11,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 1,005
Tennessee 1,225
North Carolina 1,205
Florida 1,764
Georgia 776
Virginia 1,582
West Virginia 207
Arkansas 1,193
Louisiana 538
Mississippi 783
Alabama 618

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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