South Carolina contains 58 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. Clemson University, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in SC, has a total student population of 19,111 and is the 86th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 58 liberal arts and humanities schools in South Carolina, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Furman University comes out as the most expensive ($24,220/yr), with University of South Carolina-Union as the lowest recorded at only $4,996/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from South Carolina schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in South Carolina, the average student population is 2,446 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 2873 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,037 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,801, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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