by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Columbia Southern University landed the #1055 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Columbia Southern University also ranked #17 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Alabama.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Columbia Southern University took the #668 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Alabama, Columbia Southern University came in at #12.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 46.1% of the total graduate students at Columbia Southern University are women and 53.9% are men.
About 33.9% of the graduate students who attend Columbia Southern University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.1% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,900 | $3,900 |
| Fees | $135 | $135 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Columbia Southern University is $62,616. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 7% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Columbia Southern University.
Contact details for Columbia Southern University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 21982 University Lane, Orange Beach, AL 36561-9000 |
| Phone: | 251-981-3771 |
| Website: | www.columbiasouthern.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Columbia.Southern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/CSUedu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100.0% of the graduate students at Columbia Southern University took all of their courses online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,241 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 53 |
| Homeland Security | 175 |
| Public Administration | 127 |
| Public Health | 93 |
| Quality Control Technology | 384 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 42 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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