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South University-Columbia

9 Science Court, Columbia, SC 29203 · Private for-profit 4-year · (803) 799-9082 · School website

Average net price

$27,693

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

58%

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 South University-Columbia

South University-Columbia reported 1 certificate and associate completions in 1 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in medical assistant (1). College Scorecard counts 450 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Medical assistant	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	1	$39,761

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 South University-Columbia

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $18,145
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $18,145
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $540
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $27,693
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $26,123
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $34,421

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

South University-Columbia 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 medical assistant programs within 40 miles

Southeastern College-ColumbiaColumbia, SC · 2.4 mi
Southeastern Esthetics InstituteElgin, SC · 7.3 mi · $7,520
Fortis College-ColumbiaColumbia, SC · 8.9 mi
Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, SC · 35.7 mi

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