Which University of South Carolina Beaufort major has the lowest debt?

Hospitality Management graduates leave with a median of $23,989 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 University of South Carolina Beaufort bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does University of South Carolina Beaufort cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,730 a year, and $21,776 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,656 a year.

How many University of South Carolina Beaufort programs report graduate pay?

10 bachelor's programs at University of South Carolina Beaufort report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

University of South Carolina Beaufort Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Bluffton, SC
2,052 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 University of South Carolina Beaufort bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,671), and Psychology the least ($25,523). The median program pays $34,066.

In-state tuition and fees$10,730Per year. Out-of-state $21,776

Average net price after aid$14,656Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 6 years

Admission rate73%Of applicants

All 10 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
1	NursingAbout 40 graduates a year	$64,671	$80,634	$27,000	14th of 15
2	Teacher EducationAbout 16 graduates a year	$44,659	$47,833	$27,750	1st of 18
3	Computational ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$43,834	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year	$42,816	$59,772	$27,000	11th of 27
5	Hospitality ManagementAbout 32 graduates a year	$34,503	$48,986	$23,989	3rd of 4
6	Public HealthAbout 32 graduates a year	$33,628	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 4
7	Social SciencesAbout 28 graduates a year	$32,682	$38,994	$37,500	1st of 3
8	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$32,212	$45,802	$26,000	6th of 20
9	CommunicationsAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,017	Not reported	$28,500	9th of 11
10	PsychologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$25,523	$40,065	$27,000	16th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five South Carolina programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$64,671
Teacher Education$44,659
Computational Science$43,834
Business Administration$42,816
Hospitality Management$34,503

Lowest median debt

Hospitality Management$23,989
Biology$26,000
Nursing$27,000
Business Administration$27,000
Public Health$27,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 53 graduates a year
NursingAbout 40 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year
Hospitality ManagementAbout 32 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,671 in their first year, the most of 10 University of South Carolina Beaufort bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels