About 27.3 percent of the 322 degrees and certificates handed out by the University of South Carolina-Beaufort in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Bluffton conferred 88 bachelor’s degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor’s degree in general business administration and management. Data shows the school gave out 49 bachelor’s degrees in general business administration and management, followed by 39 bachelor’s degrees in general hospitality administration/management and 39 bachelor’s degrees in general social sciences.
The university enrolled 2,116 students for 2017-18, all of whom were enrolled in undergraduate programs.
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 49 | – | 49 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 39 | – | 39 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 88 | – | 88 | 27.3 |
| Social Sciences, General | 39 | – | 39 | |
| Sociology | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Social Sciences total | 44 | – | 44 | 13.7 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 28 | – | 28 | |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 15 | – | 15 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 43 | – | 43 | 13.4 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 30 | – | 30 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 30 | – | 30 | 9.3 |
| Psychology, General | 26 | – | 26 | |
| Psychology total | 26 | – | 26 | 8.1 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 20 | – | 20 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 20 | – | 20 | 6.2 |
| Computational Science | 16 | – | 16 | |
| Gerontology | – | – | – | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 16 | – | 16 | 5 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 7 | – | 7 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 5 | – | 5 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | – | – | |
| Education total | 12 | – | 12 | 3.7 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| General Studies | – | – | – | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3.4 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 10 | – | 10 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 10 | – | 10 | 3.1 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 9 | – | 9 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 9 | – | 9 | 2.8 |
| History, General | 8 | – | 8 | |
| History total | 8 | – | 8 | 2.5 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 4 | – | 4 | 1.2 |
| Mathematics, General | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 1 | – | 1 | 0.3 |
