South Carolina·Business and Financial Operations Occupations·SOC 13-1199

Best Business Operations Specialist, All Other programs in South Carolina, ranked by enrollment

All business operations specialists not listed.

45 schools in South Carolina run programs that feed this job, graduating 4,619 people a year. The job pays a median of $79,110 in South Carolina across about 8,910 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSecurity AdvisorSecurity AnalystSecurity ConsultantSecurity SpecialistOnline Services ManagerSustainability ConsultantSustainability SpecialistSustainability Coordinator
Graduates / yr
4,619
in South Carolina
Median pay · South Carolina
$79,110
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
8,910
people employed
Schools
45
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
42%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,548
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in South Carolina that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

4 programs in South Carolina that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in South Carolina (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own South Carolina page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
14,177
90.4%
43$43,506$25,000
2377
8.2%
2$51,261$23,361
357
1.2%
4$34,218$23,364
48
0.2%
1$43,506$25,000

Top 25 schools in South Carolina

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 32 of the 45 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Clemson University
Clemson, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
753Business Administration and Management, General$47,26087%38%
2University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC Public · 2 feeder programs
550International Business/Trade/Commerce$70,99279%60%
3Lander University
Greenwood, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
387Business Administration and Management, General$37,20850%81%
4University of South Carolina Aiken
Aiken, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
371Business Administration and Management, General$44,81640%79%
5College of Charleston
Charleston, SC Public · 2 feeder programs
347Business Administration and Management, General$41,29966%60%
6Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
281Business Administration and Management, General$41,95348%75%
7Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC Public · 2 feeder programs
188Business Administration and Management, General$44,56857%79%
8Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC Public · 2 feeder programs
131Business Administration and Management, General30%
9Columbia International University
Columbia, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
107Business Administration and Management, General47%$21,36194%
10Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC Public · 2 feeder programs
104Business Administration and Management, General$44,36221%
11Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
99Business Administration and Management, General$31,08728%
12Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
86Business Administration and Management, General43%$16,72878%
13Furman University
Greenville, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
75Business Administration and Management, General$49,00879%$24,93243%
14Benedict College
Columbia, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
72Business Administration and Management, General$28,41924%$19,58996%
15North Greenville University
Tigerville, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
68Business Administration and Management, General$41,04155%$20,32767%
16Charleston Southern University
Charleston, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
63Business Administration and Management, General$64,92047%$21,84896%
17Columbia College
Columbia, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
62Business Administration and Management, General$42,51437%$23,98694%
18Francis Marion University
Florence, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
61Business Administration and Management, General$39,03943%86%
19Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
56Business Administration and Management, General$50,00475%23%
20Newberry College
Newberry, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
53Business Administration and Management, General$36,77345%$20,30690%
21Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
50Business Administration and Management, General$44,41965%$18,053
22University of South Carolina Beaufort
Bluffton, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
48Business Administration and Management, General$42,81634%73%
23Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
47Business Administration and Management, General34%
24Florence - Darlington Technical College
Florence, SC Public · 1 feeder programs
46Business Administration and Management, General34%
25Southern Wesleyan University
Central, SC Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
44Business Administration and Management, General$52,07052%$19,568100%

All 45 schools in South Carolina

Every school in South Carolina with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in South Carolina that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Clemson UniversityClemsonPublic7531
University of South Carolina - ColumbiaColumbiaPublic5502
Lander UniversityGreenwoodPublic3871
University of South Carolina AikenAikenPublic3711
College of CharlestonCharlestonPublic3472
Coastal Carolina UniversityConwayPublic2811
Winthrop UniversityRock HillPublic1882
Trident Technical CollegeCharlestonPublic1312
Columbia International UniversityColumbiaPrivate not-for-profit1071
Greenville Technical CollegeGreenvillePublic1042
Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburgPublic991
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburgPrivate not-for-profit861
Furman UniversityGreenvillePrivate not-for-profit751
Benedict CollegeColumbiaPrivate not-for-profit721
North Greenville UniversityTigervillePrivate not-for-profit681

What business operations specialists, all other earn in South Carolina

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in South Carolina
$79,110
Mean annual
$92,500
Jobs in state
8,910
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,310Median$79,11090th pct$142,680
Versus the national median
-4.7%

U.S. median $83,050. South Carolina pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.55×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in South Carolina

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
$82,630median
830 jobs
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
$79,110median
3,680 jobs
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
$76,400median
240 jobs
Sumter, SC
$88,710median
270 jobs
Columbia, SC
$77,400median
1,540 jobs
Florence, SC
$71,570median
150 jobs
Spartanburg, SC
$76,500median
240 jobs
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
$62,320median
250 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
108,200
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
36,300
1,205,700 → 1,242,000
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other page.

How to become a Business Operations Specialist, All Other

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSpeakingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in South Carolina

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Business Operations Specialists, All Other5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0208E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
  • 52.0499Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other
  • 52.0904Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • 52.1101International Business/Trade/Commerce

Common questions

Answers for people weighing business operations specialists, all other programs in South Carolina.

What degree do you need to become a Business Operations Specialist, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 4,177 degrees in South Carolina in 2024-25, 90.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Business Operations Specialist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, International Business, Hospitality Administration/Management. Together they graduate about 4,619 people a year in South Carolina.

How much do business operations specialists, all other earn in South Carolina?+

The median is $79,110 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.7% below the U.S. median of $83,050. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for business operations specialists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +3.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 108,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in South Carolina?+

45 institutions in South Carolina reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do business operations specialists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Security Advisor, Security Analyst, Security Consultant, Security Specialist, Online Services Manager, Sustainability Consultant among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 13-1199.

Business Operations Specialists, All Other in other statesCaliforniaTexasArizonaFloridaNew YorkNorth CarolinaNew HampshireIndiana

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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