Education at Columbia College

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at Columbia College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia College South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,218. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in education from Columbia College South Carolina.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia College South Carolina Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia College South Carolina

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Columbia College South Carolina offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Columbia College South Carolina Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Columbia College South Carolina compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Columbia College South Carolina is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Education Master’s Degree Schools	383
Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools	390
Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	531
Most Focused Education Graduate Certificate Schools	572
	803
	960

In 2021, 111 students received their master’s degree in education from Columbia College South Carolina. This makes it the #384 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Education Student Demographics at Columbia College South Carolina

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Columbia College.

Columbia College South Carolina Education Bachelor’s Program

The education program at Columbia College South Carolina awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Columbia College South Carolina are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia College South Carolina Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students earned a master's degree in education from Columbia College South Carolina. About 93% of these graduates were women and the other 7% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	54
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Columbia College South Carolina also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Education	80
Educational Administration	24
Teacher Education Grade Specific	22
General Education	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	10
Special Education	5

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for Columbia College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary School Teachers	22,530	$51,240
Teacher Assistants	15,470	$23,240
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Middle School Teachers	8,360	$52,520
Preschool Teachers	5,940	$28,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.