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Best Computer Science Colleges in South Carolina
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This ranking scores 19 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.
Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.
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Computer Science programs in South Carolina ranked by outcomes and program concentration
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Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.
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Top 3
Furman University
Greenville, SC
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Clemson University
Clemson, SC
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College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
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Furman University
Greenville, SC · 2,379 students · Private nonprofit
Clemson University
Clemson, SC · 23,300 students · Public
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC · 10,558 students · Public
Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC · 852 students · Private nonprofit
Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC · 10,512 students · Public
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC · 7,564 students · Public
Aiken Technical College
Graniteville, SC · 1,925 students · Public
Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC · 2,893 students · Private nonprofit
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · 2,705 students · Public
Coker University
Hartsville, SC · 840 students · Private nonprofit
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC · 2,934 students · Public
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC · 29,820 students · Public
University of South Carolina Aiken
Aiken, SC · 2,962 students · Public
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Spartanburg, SC · 4,038 students · Public
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC · 2,005 students · Private nonprofit
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Bluffton, SC · 2,052 students · Public
Florence-Darlington Technical College
Florence, SC · 3,055 students · Public
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway, SC · 6,274 students · Public
Benedict College
Columbia, SC · 1,536 students · Private nonprofit
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David Krug
Co-Founder, CollegeRanker
David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.
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