Columbus State University
Columbus State University offers career training programs in skilled trades like welding, plumbing, and maintenance technology, as well as healthcare fields such as medical billing and coding, pharmacy technician, and sterile processing. The university emphasizes hands-on training and provides career success coaches to help students with job placement and connect with employers. An Employer Advisory Council also helps align academic programs with workforce needs and creates opportunities for internships and post-graduate jobs.
Programs Analyzed
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All Programs at Columbus State University
1 trade program at Columbus State University, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Columbus State University using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.