Best Natural Sciences Manager programs in South Carolina, ranked by enrollment
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these.
32 schools in South Carolina run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,333 people a year. The job pays a median of $131,140 in South Carolina across about 780 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
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.
37 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.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 26.0101In South Carolina → | 1,770 | 53.1% | 30 | $32,152 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 26.1302In South Carolina → | 248 | 7.4% | 3 | $29,460 | $23,480 |
| 3 | CIP 40.0501In South Carolina → | 229 | 6.9% | 22 | $42,620 | $23,900 |
| 4 | CIP 27.0101In South Carolina → | 212 | 6.4% | 21 | $48,772 | $21,544 |
| 5 | CIP 26.0202In South Carolina → | 119 | 3.6% | 8 | $38,243 | $23,014 |
| 6 | CIP 26.1501In South Carolina → | 91 | 2.7% | 3 | $31,687 | $22,936 |
| 7 | CIP 40.0801In South Carolina → | 83 | 2.5% | 12 | $47,156 | $23,490 |
| 8 | CIP 26.0210In South Carolina → | 68 | 2.0% | 2 | $38,243 | $23,014 |
| 9 | CIP 30.3301In South Carolina → | 62 | 1.9% | 3 | $37,223 | $20,968 |
| 10 | CIP 40.0601In South Carolina → | 59 | 1.8% | 5 | $39,678 | $24,864 |
| 11 | CIP 26.0804In South Carolina → | 56 | 1.7% | 1 | $31,800 | $21,424 |
| 12 | CIP 26.0502In South Carolina → | 51 | 1.5% | 1 | $38,383 | $22,065 |
| 13 | CIP 30.3001In South Carolina → | 51 | 1.5% | 2 | $50,745 | $27,000 |
| 14 | CIP 27.0501In South Carolina → | 41 | 1.2% | 3 | $59,718 | $20,150 |
| 15 | CIP 51.1401In South Carolina → | 37 | 1.1% | 2 | $223,926 | $16,250 |
| 16 | CIP 30.7001In South Carolina → | 22 | 0.7% | 2 | — | — |
| 17 | CIP 40.0699In South Carolina → | 20 | 0.6% | 2 | $39,678 | $24,864 |
| 18 | CIP 40.0599In South Carolina → | 16 | 0.5% | 1 | $42,620 | $23,900 |
| 19 | Biotechnologymain feeder CIP 26.1201In South Carolina → | 12 | 0.4% | 1 | $49,023 | $21,309 |
| 20 | CIP 52.0216In South Carolina → | 12 | 0.4% | 1 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 21 | CIP 26.0707In South Carolina → | 10 | 0.3% | 1 | $28,266 | $24,393 |
| 22 | CIP 27.0301In South Carolina → | 10 | 0.3% | 3 | $60,930 | $21,143 |
| 23 | CIP 30.0801In South Carolina → | 8 | 0.2% | 1 | $89,651 | $23,175 |
| 24 | Biological and Physical Sciencesmain feeder CIP 30.0101In South Carolina → | 6 | 0.2% | 3 | $28,446 | $11,000 |
| 25 | CIP 26.0205In South Carolina → | 6 | 0.2% | 1 | $38,243 | $23,014 |
| 26 | CIP 26.0499In South Carolina → | 6 | 0.2% | 1 | $35,393 | $19,961 |
| 27 | CIP 40.0299In South Carolina → | 5 | 0.2% | 1 | $39,728 | $24,678 |
| 28 | CIP 40.0404In South Carolina → | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | $41,430 | $25,500 |
| 29 | CIP 26.0503In South Carolina → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $38,383 | $22,065 |
| 30 | CIP 26.1001In South Carolina → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $39,202 | $18,000 |
| 31 | CIP 26.1004In South Carolina → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $39,202 | $18,000 |
| 32 | CIP 26.0702In South Carolina → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | $28,266 | $24,393 |
| 33 | CIP 26.1102In South Carolina → | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | $72,338 | $18,500 |
| 34 | CIP 27.0601In South Carolina → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | — | — |
| 35 | CIP 30.3801In South Carolina → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | — | — |
| 36 | CIP 40.0603In South Carolina → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $39,678 | $24,864 |
| 37 | CIP 40.0807In South Carolina → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $47,156 | $23,490 |
Top 25 schools in South Carolina
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 20 of the 32 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson University Clemson, SC Public · 16 feeder programs | 832 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $31,481 | 87% | — | 38% |
| 2 | University of South Carolina - Columbia Columbia, SC Public · 13 feeder programs | 753 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $28,035 | 79% | — | 60% |
| 3 | College of Charleston Charleston, SC Public · 13 feeder programs | 319 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $30,538 | 66% | — | 60% |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC Public · 8 feeder programs | 278 | Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | $26,838 | 48% | — | 75% |
| 5 | Furman University Greenville, SC Private not-for-profit · 7 feeder programs | 136 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $28,801 | 79% | $24,932 | 43% |
| 6 | Wofford College Spartanburg, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 120 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $24,287 | 84% | $24,459 | 52% |
| 7 | Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC Public · 4 feeder programs | 92 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $31,174 | 57% | — | 79% |
| 8 | University of South Carolina Beaufort Bluffton, SC Public · 3 feeder programs | 67 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $32,212 | 34% | — | 73% |
| 9 | Claflin University Orangeburg, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 64 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $25,873 | 52% | $23,698 | 65% |
| 10 | Francis Marion University Florence, SC Public · 4 feeder programs | 59 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $27,223 | 43% | — | 86% |
| 11 | Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC Public · 7 feeder programs | 52 | Medical Science/Scientist | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Benedict College Columbia, SC Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 51 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $22,805 | 24% | $19,589 | 96% |
| 13 | Anderson University Anderson, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 46 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | — | 66% | $24,812 | 55% |
| 14 | University of South Carolina - Upstate Spartanburg, SC Public · 3 feeder programs | 45 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $31,742 | 43% | — | 67% |
| 15 | Charleston Southern University Charleston, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 42 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $29,891 | 47% | $21,848 | 96% |
| 16 | Converse University Spartanburg, SC Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 42 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | — | 62% | $19,465 | 68% |
| 17 | South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC Public · 3 feeder programs | 38 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $25,938 | 37% | — | 83% |
| 18 | University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC Public · 5 feeder programs | 37 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $32,314 | 40% | — | 79% |
| 19 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC Public · 4 feeder programs | 36 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $36,066 | 75% | — | 23% |
| 20 | Lander University Greenwood, SC Public · 3 feeder programs | 35 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $32,422 | 50% | — | 81% |
| 21 | Presbyterian College Clinton, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 34 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $30,034 | 51% | $20,548 | 68% |
| 22 | Erskine College Due West, SC Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 26 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | — | 45% | $21,534 | 63% |
| 23 | Newberry College Newberry, SC Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 26 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | $34,694 | 45% | $20,306 | 90% |
| 24 | Bob Jones University Greenville, SC Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 23 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | — | 65% | $18,053 | — |
| 25 | Columbia College Columbia, SC Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 19 | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | — | 37% | $23,986 | 94% |
All 32 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson University | Clemson | Public | 832 | 16 |
| University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia | Public | 753 | 13 |
| College of Charleston | Charleston | Public | 319 | 13 |
| Coastal Carolina University | Conway | Public | 278 | 8 |
| Furman University | Greenville | Private not-for-profit | 136 | 7 |
| Wofford College | Spartanburg | Private not-for-profit | 120 | 4 |
| Winthrop University | Rock Hill | Public | 92 | 4 |
| University of South Carolina Beaufort | Bluffton | Public | 67 | 3 |
| Claflin University | Orangeburg | Private not-for-profit | 64 | 4 |
| Francis Marion University | Florence | Public | 59 | 4 |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | Public | 52 | 7 |
| Benedict College | Columbia | Private not-for-profit | 51 | 3 |
| Anderson University | Anderson | Private not-for-profit | 46 | 4 |
| University of South Carolina - Upstate | Spartanburg | Public | 45 | 3 |
| Charleston Southern University | Charleston | Private not-for-profit | 42 | 4 |
What natural sciences managers earn in South Carolina
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $167,220. South Carolina pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in South Carolina
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 Natural Sciences Managers page.
How to become a Natural Sciences Manager
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
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 25 majors mapped to Natural Sciences Managers24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 14.1201Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
- 14.3701Operations Research
- 26.0101Biology/Biological Sciences, General
- 26.0202Biochemistry
- 26.0203Biophysics
- 26.0204Molecular Biology
- 26.0205Molecular Biochemistry
- 26.0206Molecular Biophysics
- 26.0207Structural Biology
- 26.0208Photobiology(no graduates reported)
- 26.0209Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
- 26.0210Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 26.0299Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other
- 26.0301Botany/Plant Biology
- 26.0305Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
- 26.0307Plant Physiology
- 26.0399Botany/Plant Biology, Other
- 26.0401Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
- 26.0403Anatomy
- 26.0406Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
- 26.0499Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other
- 26.0502Microbiology, General
- 26.0503Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- 26.0504Virology
- 26.0505Parasitology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing natural sciences managers programs in South Carolina.
What degree do you need to become a Natural Sciences Manager?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Biology/Biological Sciences, General, which awarded 1,770 degrees in South Carolina in 2024-25, 53.1% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Natural Sciences Manager?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 37 programs to this occupation. The largest are Biology, Ecology, Chemistry, Mathematics, plus 24 more. Together they graduate about 3,333 people a year in South Carolina.
How much do natural sciences managers earn in South Carolina?+
The median is $131,140 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 21.6% below the U.S. median of $167,220. 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 natural sciences managers growing?+
BLS projects a +3.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 8,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in South Carolina?+
32 institutions in South Carolina reported graduates from at least one of the 37 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 natural sciences managers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Research Coordinator, Clinical Trial Manager, Water Resources Planner, Clinical Program Manager, Natural Sciences Manager, Clinical Research Coordinator among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9121.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
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