2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

Ranked #1 in popularity, health professions is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,110 doctor's degrees in health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 health professions students go into to obtain their doctor'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 health professions related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in South Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

544 Annual Graduates

Medical University of South Carolina is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Medical University of South Carolina

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

377 Annual Graduates

University of South Carolina - Columbia is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions. UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	3,725
Virginia	29	2,730
Georgia	28	2,018
Mississippi	28	656
North Carolina	26	2,134
Kentucky	26	1,505
Alabama	25	1,504
Tennessee	25	2,261
Louisiana	25	1,094
Arkansas	23	779
West Virginia	20	776

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	337
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	222
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	190
Nursing	129
Chiropractic	97
Dentistry	80
Health & Medical Administrative Services	27
Public Health	21
Medical Illustration & Informatics	4
Communication Sciences	3

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.