Southeastern College - Columbia Trade Programs

Southeastern College - Columbia is a private for-profit institution situated in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Southeastern College - Columbia Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Southeastern College - Columbia.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#40	Most Popular Bodywork & Therapeutic Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Southeastern College - Columbia?

Contact details for Southeastern College - Columbia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	581 Columbia Mall Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29223
Phone:	803-798-8800
Website:	www.sec.edu

Can I Afford Southeastern College - Columbia?

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time students at Southeastern College - Columbia paid $813 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	$19,520	$19,520
Fees	$1,800	$1,800
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200

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 Southeastern College - Columbia, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $10,736 a year. That adds up to $42,944 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Southeastern College - Columbia is 10.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Southeastern College - Columbia Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 193 undergraduate students at Southeastern College - Columbia, with 112 being full-time and 81 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 112 full-time undergraduates at Southeastern College - Columbia, 13% are male and 87% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southeastern College - Columbia students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Online Learning at Southeastern College - Columbia

In 2019-2020, 15 students took at least one online class at the school.

Southeastern College - Columbia Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	42	0	0	42
Medical/Clinical Assistant	0	7	31	38
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	0	0	17	17
Occupational Therapist Assistant	0	0	0	0
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	0	0	0	0
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	0	0	0	0
Radiologic Technology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	7	48	97

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.