Columbia State Community College
Columbia, Tennessee
- Two-year college
- Public
- Town
- 3,897 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.
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $45,346 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 100 finishedGraduates here earned $51,835 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $61,702 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 82 finishedGraduates here earned $69,183 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (12)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 19 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 50 finishedGraduates here earned $34,189 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degreeNationally: $38,650
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 615 finishedGraduates here earned $35,490 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Medical Illustration and InformaticsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $42,657
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $38,629
- MusicCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $35,907 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,788per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,585sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,104Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 4%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 36%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,9666 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,55310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,713federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Columbia State Community 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 6, 2026.
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