unitid 202222 · Columbus, OH · public 4-year · city (large)
Columbus State Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 41,228
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
17,549
85th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
26%
undergrads on Pell grants
31st pctl among public 4-years
completion
28%
finish within 150% time
16th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,381
10th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,400
after aid, aided students
23rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$39,435
after entry, Title IV students
14th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$8,749
8th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,777 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k42%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k13%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $25,752
- First-generation students
- 44%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,488
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,195 | $40,452 | $13,082 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 408 | — | $5,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 270 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 245 | — | — |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 192 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 179 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 163 | — | — |
| Real Estate. | 162 | — | — |
| Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services. | 132 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 130 | — | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 106 | — | — |
| Fire Protection. | 94 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.