Orange Beach, AL

Columbia Southern University

https://www.columbiasouthern.edu

Repayment outcome

81.8%

of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.

Money

$40,700

Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed

College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.

Net price

after grants & scholarships

$10,084

Median debt

of borrowers at graduation

$9,544

Sticker price

before any aid

$13,265

Default rate

5.9%

Earnings by major

Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data

A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.

Engineering Tech$69,785
Interdisciplinary$62,260
Public Admin$61,516
Computer Science$58,092
Criminal Justice$43,922
Liberal Arts$41,565
Business$40,896
Health Professions$29,524

Academics

Acceptance

66.9%

Avg SAT

1,046.5

Enrollment

14,685

What students study

7 fields offered

Business

33% of degrees awarded — the most popular field

02Criminal Justice32.7%
03Engineering Tech18.9%
04Health Professions5.1%
05Liberal Arts4.6%
06Natural Resources3.0%
07Computer Science2.1%