2025 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Public Health is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 753 bachelor's degrees in public health to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Public Health School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of public health for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public health students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public health students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt public health students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Health in South Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

435 Annual Graduates

$31,756 Median Starting Salary

$30,000 Median Student Debt

University of South Carolina - Columbia is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health. UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public health program state that they receive average early career income of $31,756.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

129 Annual Graduates

$31,848 Median Starting Salary

$44,008 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat College of Charleston if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the public health program make around $31,848 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from College of Charleston

3

Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC

70 Annual Graduates

$29,862 Median Starting Salary

$30,500 Median Student Debt

Coastal Carolina University is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the small city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, public health bachelor's recipients generally make an average of $29,862 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Coastal Carolina University

4

Furman University
Greenville, SC

11 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Furman University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the large suburb of Greenville, Furman is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Furman University

5

Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC

27 Annual Graduates

CSU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Charleston.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Charleston Southern University

6

Lander University
Greenwood, SC

17 Annual Graduates

Lander University is a small public university located in the distant town of Greenwood.More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Lander University

7

University of South Carolina - Beaufort
Bluffton, SC

32 Annual Graduates

$33,628 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Bluffton, USCB is a public university with a small student population.

After graduating, public health bachelor's recipients typically make around $33,628 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of South Carolina - Beaufort

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1,032
Georgia	224	553
Tennessee	220	132
North Carolina	213	913
Virginia	213	355
Kentucky	187	243
Alabama	184	313
Louisiana	171	154
Mississippi	169	116
Arkansas	167	174
West Virginia	147	186

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Public Health Related Rankings by Major

Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Public Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	457
Public Health Education and Promotion	248
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	27
Other Public Health	11
Environmental Health	7
Health Services Administration	3

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,609
Health & Medical Administrative Services	147
Other Health Professions	111
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	83
Health Sciences & Services	58
Allied Health Professions	49
Communication Sciences	35
Mental & Social Health Services	24
Medical Illustration & Informatics	23
Health/Medical Prep Programs	19

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.