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2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Science School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, computer science was ranked 4th in South Carolina. In fact, 95 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for computer science students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Computer Science Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Computer Science Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for compsci students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in South Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for compsci majors pursuing a .

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Science

$12,688 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Carolina - Columbia the best value school in South Carolina for computer science students. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofSC are $12,688 per year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Computer Science Schools in South Carolina list.

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#2

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC
$12,978 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means College of Charleston is a great value for computer science students. C of C is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.

C of C undergraduate students pay an average of $12,978 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, C of C is ranked #4 for overall quality for compsci in South Carolina.

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Best Value Computer Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 675
West Virginia 103
Virginia 693
Georgia 1,408
Tennessee 820
North Carolina 2,948
Mississippi 93
Arkansas 168
Alabama 203
Florida 532
Kentucky 103

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

CompSci Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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