Columbia College

Vienna, Virginia

  • Trade or career school
  • Private for-profit
  • Suburb
  • 151 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ScienceCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $72,159
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279

Massage therapy

  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 76 finishedGraduates here earned $24,190 a year after finishingNationally: $27,959
  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,155
Other programs (5)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificateNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralCertificateGraduates here earned $25,923 a year afterNationally: $27,447
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCertificateNationally: $39,278
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$10,161$30–48k$11,265$48–75k$10,306$75–110kNot reportedOver $110k$14,355Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$10,513per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$14,355sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
14%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
81%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$29,4756 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$30,79710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Columbia College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.

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