2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
The Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in South Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for trade school 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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Schools in South Carolina
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Our analysis found Trident Technical College to be the best value school for trade school students in South Carolina. Trident Technical College is a fairly large public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 2,581 degrees in 2021-2022.
Trident Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,606 in tuition and fees each year.
Trident Technical College also took the #2 spot in our Best Trade Schools in South Carolina rankings.
The excellent programs at Greenville Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in South Carolina. GTC is located in Greenville, South Carolina and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2,125 degrees to qualified students.
GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,202 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Spartanburg Community College is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,057 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Spartanburg Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,822 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Spartanburg Community College is ranked #4 for overall quality in South Carolina.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florence-Darlington Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina list. Florence, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 651 students in 2021-2022.
Florence-Darlington Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,772 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Greenwood, South Carolina, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,653 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Piedmont Technical College are $6,593 a year.
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #6 on the list. This small public school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 697 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OCtech are $7,970 per year.
Aiken Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina list. Located in Graniteville, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 328 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Aiken Technical College are $6,880 per year.
Tri-County Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. TCTC is a public institution located in Pendleton, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2,449 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at TCTC are $10,832 a year.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina ranking. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in Conway, South Carolina that handed out 1,602 degrees in 2021-2022.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,593 in tuition and fees each year.
York Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. York Technical College is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,350 degrees to qualified students.
York Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,824 in tuition and fees each year.
Midlands Technical College landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. West Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 1,543 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MTC are $13,812 per year.
Clemson University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina ranking. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, the large public school handed out 7,469 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Clemson are $39,502 a year.
Clemson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Trade Schools in South Carolina list.
Central Carolina Technical College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina ranking. Central Carolina Technical College is a small public school located in Sumter, South Carolina that handed out 635 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Carolina are $9,016 per year.
Technical College of the Lowcountry did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #14 on the list. TCL is a small public school situated in Beaufort, South Carolina. It awarded 314 degrees in 2021-2022.
TCL undergraduate students pay an average of $11,020 in tuition and fees each year.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 10,045 degrees in 2021-2022.
UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $33,928 in tuition and fees each year.
South University, Columbia landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. This very small private for-profit school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 154 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South University, Columbia are $16,560 per year.
South University, Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Trade Schools in South Carolina list.
South Carolina State University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the small public school awarded 420 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at South Carolina State University are $21,750 a year.
Charleston Southern University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in South Carolina list. CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 800 degrees to qualified students.
CSU undergraduate students pay an average of $29,790 in tuition and fees each year.
CSU also made our Best Trade Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #5.
Newberry College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #19 on the list. Newberry College is located in Newberry, South Carolina and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 271 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Newberry College are $29,100 a year.
Miller-Motte College Charleston landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, the very small private for-profit school awarded 214 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
MMC Charleston undergraduate students pay an average of $0 in tuition and fees each year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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