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2023 Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$5,755 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Information Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Information Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in South Carolina. With 84 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the computer science 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Information Technology

Our analysis found Horry-Georgetown Technical College to be the best value school for information technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in South Carolina. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Conway.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Information Technology at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Carolina Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Central Carolina is a small public school located in the small city of Sumter.

Central Carolina undergraduate students pay an average of $6,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Central Carolina not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Information Technology at Central Carolina Technical College

#3

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

The excellent basic certificate programs at Piedmont Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in South Carolina. Piedmont Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Greenwood.

Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,315 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, Piedmont Technical College is ranked #2 for overall quality for IT in South Carolina.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 85
West Virginia 758
Virginia 1,707
Georgia 944
Tennessee 37
North Carolina 181
Mississippi 49
Arkansas 55
Alabama 176
Florida 1,470
Kentucky 2,193

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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