South Carolina Academic Quality per Dollar Ranking

The Best Value Colleges in South Carolina by Academic Quality per Dollar for 2023

Best Value Colleges in South Carolina by Academic Quality per Dollar

These are the South Carolina schools which appear on CollegeCalc's Best Value Colleges in America ranking and represent the colleges providing the finest education balanced against an affordable average net price. The best value in South Carolina ranking goes to Wofford College with a 77th percentile national academic rank for a comparatively affordable $30,431 average net price.

Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc rating of a college's overall academics and effectiveness. The score ranges from zero to one hundred, with fifty being the median for all eligible colleges. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average price paid by students. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our rating methodology.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2021/2022 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021/2022 academic year.

South Carolina's Best Value Colleges by Academic Quality per Dollar
College Net Price Rating Value
#1 Wofford College

Spartanburg, Private Not For Profit

$30,431 77 87
#2 Furman University

Greenville, Private Not For Profit

$37,761 80 75
#3 Clemson University

Clemson, Public Not For Profit

$22,935 76 71
#4 University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, Public Not For Profit

$21,784 69 51