Which Columbia College (South Carolina) major has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $26,773 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Columbia College (South Carolina) bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Columbia College (South Carolina) cost?

Tuition and fees are $22,214 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,408 a year.

How many Columbia College (South Carolina) programs report graduate pay?

4 bachelor's programs at Columbia College (South Carolina) report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Columbia College (South Carolina) Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Columbia College
Private nonprofit college
Columbia, SC
1,343 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Columbia College (South Carolina) bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Homeland Security pays the most in the first year ($67,338), and Teacher Education the least ($39,489). The median program pays $46,517.

Tuition and fees$22,214Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$18,408Per year

Graduation rate37%Within 6 years

Admission rate94%Of applicants

All 4 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in South Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across South Carolina. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in South Carolina
1	Homeland SecurityAbout 8 graduates a year	$67,338	Not reported	$27,855	1st of 1
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 30 graduates a year	$50,519	$60,613	$26,773	1st of 11
3	Business AdministrationAbout 24 graduates a year	$42,514	$61,668	$27,000	12th of 27
4	Teacher EducationAbout 14 graduates a year	$39,489	$41,415	$28,000	14th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and South Carolina ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five South Carolina programs in the field do too.

6 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Common questions

Homeland Security graduates earn a median of $67,338 in their first year, the most of 4 Columbia College (South Carolina) bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Carolina rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels