2025 Best Psychology Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina

a master's degree in psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 37 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 157 master's degrees in psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of psychology for getting your master'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 for a Master's Degree 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 master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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 psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 psychology students go into to obtain their master'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 psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Psychology Schools

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Psychology in South Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in psychology.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Master's in Psychology

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in psychology. UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Clemson University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in psychology. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Clemson.More information about a master’s in psychology from Clemson University

3

Columbia International University
Columbia, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Columbia International University if you want to pursue a master's degree in psychology. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, CIU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Columbia International University

4

Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Charleston Southern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in psychology. CSU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.More information about a master’s in psychology from Charleston Southern University

5

Francis Marion University
Florence, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Florence, Francis Marion University is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychology from Francis Marion University

6

University of South Carolina - Aiken
Aiken, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

UofSC Aiken is a small public university located in the large suburb of Aiken.More information about a master’s in psychology from University of South Carolina - Aiken

Best Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Psychology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	57
Florida	34	1,667
Virginia	33	1,363
Georgia	32	365
Tennessee	32	316
North Carolina	31	202
Kentucky	31	722
West Virginia	30	148
Alabama	30	277
Louisiana	30	181
Arkansas	30	24

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	128
General Psychology	29

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 Nevit Dilmen. More about our data sources and methodologies.