Columbus State Community College

Columbus, OH 17,549 Undergrads 29.7% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$13,381

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$8,400

After Aid

Median Earnings

$52,681

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$8,400

Peer Midpoint: $17,333.5

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$52,681

Peer Midpoint: $34,461

Graduation Rate29.7%

Peer Midpoint: 68.7%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients39.9%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time30.1%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS61.3%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$605k

+$213k

+$121k

Median Cost$8k/yr

+$597k

+$206k

+$113k

Full Cost$13k/yr

+$593k

+$201k

+$108k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$8k/yr

1447%

Full Cost$13k/yr

871%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return1787%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return363%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$66,617

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

+$255k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

CertCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$38,866

Natl Median: $34,272

Lifetime Value Added

-$36k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,379

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

+$131k

American Sign Language

CertCIP: 1616

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,771

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1501

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,214

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

CertCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$71,615

Natl Median: $47,440

Lifetime Value Added

+$304k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Carpenters

CertCIP: 4602

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,835

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,675

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer and Information Sciences, General

CertCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$64,004

Natl Median: $50,984

Lifetime Value Added

+$229k

Computer Programming

CertCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

CertCIP: 1510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$77,896

Natl Median: $57,671

Lifetime Value Added

+$365k

Criminal Justice and Corrections

CertCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$60,841

Natl Median: $57,702

Lifetime Value Added

+$197k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

CertCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $30,572

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Design and Applied Arts

CertCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,921

Natl Median: $36,116

Lifetime Value Added

+$94k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,359

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,492

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,202

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1511

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,447

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,268

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

CertCIP: 5006

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,800

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

CertCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,436

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations

CertCIP: 5218

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $52,001

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Geography and Cartography

CertCIP: 4507

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $58,705

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graphic Communications

CertCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,711

Natl Median: $32,130

Lifetime Value Added

+$134k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$48,961

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

+$73k

Homeland Security

CertCIP: 4303

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,995

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Hospitality Administration/Management

CertCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,962

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

CertCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$31,370

Natl Median: $31,135

Lifetime Value Added

-$119k

Human Resources Management and Services

CertCIP: 5210

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $61,907

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,294

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Insurance

CertCIP: 5217

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $80,539

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

International Business

CertCIP: 5211

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $72,496

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

CertCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,747

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Management Information Systems and Services

CertCIP: 5212

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,682

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

CertCIP: 5213

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $84,309

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

CertCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,757

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$57,644

Natl Median: $54,024

Lifetime Value Added

+$165k

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $43,365

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services

CertCIP: 4605

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,996

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

$3,500

Earnings (4yr)

$54,552

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$132k

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Public Health

CertCIP: 5122

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,933

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1507

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,511

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Real Estate

CertCIP: 5215

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$51,228

Natl Median: $46,762

Lifetime Value Added

+$97k

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

CertCIP: 5135

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$32,090

Natl Median: $29,652

Lifetime Value Added

-$111k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$78,318

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

+$369k

Visual and Performing Arts, General

CertCIP: 5001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,600

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$57,957

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

+$110k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$68,362

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$206k

American Sign Language

AssocCIP: 1616

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$43,647

Natl Median: $37,886

Lifetime Value Added

-$30k

Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1501

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,767

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection

AssocCIP: 4604

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,378

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$59,721

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$126k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

AssocCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,587

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,519

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$52,341

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

+$56k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$58,103

Natl Median: $54,246

Lifetime Value Added

+$111k

Computer Programming

AssocCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$70,830

Natl Median: $58,070

Lifetime Value Added

+$228k

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

AssocCIP: 1510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$81,546

Natl Median: $71,367

Lifetime Value Added

+$324k

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,695

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

+$69k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$67,182

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

+$195k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$34,540

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

-$123k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$59,489

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

+$124k

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$82,837

Natl Median: $73,046

Lifetime Value Added

+$336k

Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1511

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $66,570

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

AssocCIP: 5207

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,095

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,188

Natl Median: $55,148

Lifetime Value Added

+$34k

Finance and Financial Management Services

AssocCIP: 5208

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,995

Natl Median: $51,913

Lifetime Value Added

+$100k

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Geography and Cartography

AssocCIP: 4507

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,052

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graphic Communications

AssocCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$42,634

Natl Median: $36,221

Lifetime Value Added

-$41k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$47,954

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$12k

Hospitality Administration/Management

AssocCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$43,944

Natl Median: $41,099

Lifetime Value Added

-$27k

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$36,095

Natl Median: $34,184

Lifetime Value Added

-$107k

Human Resources Management and Services

AssocCIP: 5210

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$62,475

Natl Median: $54,425

Lifetime Value Added

+$152k

International Business

AssocCIP: 5211

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,207

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$44,915

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

-$18k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$8,573

Earnings (4yr)

$47,626

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

+$9k

Management Information Systems and Services

AssocCIP: 5212

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

AssocCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,723

Natl Median: $44,264

Lifetime Value Added

+$69k

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$67,973

Natl Median: $64,773

Lifetime Value Added

+$202k

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$42,698

Natl Median: $40,734

Lifetime Value Added

-$40k

Precision Metal Working

AssocCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,451

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Real Estate

AssocCIP: 5215

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,327

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$75,045

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$266k

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

AssocCIP: 5135

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $29,755

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

AssocCIP: 3105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$41,947

Natl Median: $40,162

Lifetime Value Added

-$48k

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 0183

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$46,055

Natl Median: $41,460

Lifetime Value Added

-$6k

Other Programs

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

DegCIP: 2401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,308

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.