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Located in Orange Beach, Alabama, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Orange Beach is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is 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

Can I Afford Columbia Southern University?

During the <nil> academic year, part-time students at Columbia Southern University paid $245 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,880	$5,880
Fees	$135	$135

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Columbia Southern University, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,701 a year. That adds up to $22,804 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Columbia Southern University is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Columbia Southern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,672 undergraduate students at Columbia Southern University, with 6,370 being full-time and 5,302 being part-time.

There are also 4,740 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,370 full-time undergraduates at Columbia Southern University, 61% are male and 39% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Columbia Southern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	88
Black or African American	1,107
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	3,832
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,234

Geographic Diversity

Alabama students aren't the only ones who study at Columbia Southern University. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Columbia Southern University

There are 48 bachelor’s degree and 24 master’s degree programs available online at Columbia Southern University. In 2020-2021, 16,412 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Columbia Southern University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Alabama for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Columbia Southern University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Columbia Southern University was -3.5%. This is the #693 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Columbia Southern University regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.