Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder at Columbia Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a medical insurance coding specialist/coder school? To help you decide if Columbia Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical insurance coding specialist/coder program.

Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and has a total student population of 18,533.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Southern University Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

Online Classes Are Available at Columbia Southern University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Columbia Southern University does offer online education options in medical insurance coding specialist/coder for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

Columbia Southern University Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Rankings

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Student Demographics at Columbia Southern University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical insurance coding specialist/coder majors at Columbia Southern University.

Columbia Southern University Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Associate’s Program

88% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of medical insurance coding specialist/coder associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical insurance coding specialist/coder only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Columbia Southern University may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia Southern University with a associate's in medical insurance coding specialist/coder.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Health Care Management

Careers That Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Columbia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Medical Assistants	9,180	$28,460
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	2,830	$36,470

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*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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