Bachelor's · Orange Beach, Alabama

Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at Columbia Southern University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $38,901; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $53,296; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $29,495; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $67k (likely $67k – $88k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.1 years (likely 4.8–8.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$54k (likely −$126k – $8k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $183k (likely $46k – $328k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 30%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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