by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Columbus State University landed the #855 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, CSU took the #17 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and CSU took the #294 spot on the list.
CSU also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Georgia.
Women make up 68.0% of the total graduate student body at CSU while men make you 32.0%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 46.4% of the graduate students who attend CSU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. CSU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 2.7% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,300 | $11,394 |
| Fees | $1,870 | $1,870 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from CSU enter careers with an average starting salary of $56,013. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 4% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from CSU is $70,579. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 6% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for CSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4225 University Ave, Columbus, GA 31907-5645 |
| Phone: | 706-507-8800 |
| Website: | www.columbusstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/ColumbusState |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/ColumbusState |
Around 77.1% of CSU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 62.7% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
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 |
|---|---|
| Other Education | 23 |
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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