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Columbia Southern University

21982 University Lane, Orange Beach, AL 36561 · Private for-profit 4-year · School website

Average net price

$14,580

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

274

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

24.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Yellow Ribbon school (IPEDS) Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Columbia Southern University

Columbia Southern University reported 274 certificate and associate completions in 4 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in EMT and paramedic (173). College Scorecard counts 12,176 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
EMT and paramedic	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	173	Not published
Billing and coding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	50	Not published
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	44	Not published
Cybersecurity	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	7	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Columbia Southern University

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $6,760
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $6,760
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $0
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $14,580
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $21,339
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $63,534

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Columbia Southern University net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other EMT and paramedic programs within 40 miles

George Stone Technical CollegePensacola, FL · 24.2 mi
Pensacola State CollegePensacola, FL · 28.9 mi
Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, AL · 36.8 mi

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