2026 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools in South Carolina
[Critical Care Nursing](/majors/health-care-professions/nursing/critical-care-nursing/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong critical care nursing education at a price that pays off.
College Factual analyzed 1 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value critical care nursing schools.
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2026 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools in South Carolina
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in critical care nursing, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools
For return on investment in critical care nursing, no school beat University Of South Carolina Columbia this year. Located in the city of Columbia, University Of South Carolina Columbia is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $12,688 in tuition and fees, compared with $36,298 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $24,250 to complete the critical care nursing program here. Critical Care Nursing graduates of University Of South Carolina Columbia earn a median of $103,138 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $24,250 median debt. Roughly 60% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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