by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Occupational Safety & Health Technology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Quality Control Technology is a major offered under the engineering technologies program of study at Columbia Southern University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in quality control tech, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Columbia Southern University was ranked #45 on College Factual's Best Schools for quality control tech list. It is also ranked #2 in Alabama.
Here are some of the other rankings for Columbia Southern University.
Part-time undergraduates at Columbia Southern University paid an average of $235 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,640 | $5,640 |
| Fees | $135 | $135 |
| Books and Supplies | $692 | $692 |
Learn more about Columbia Southern University tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Quality Control Tech students who received their bachelor’s degree at Columbia Southern University took out an average of $28,125 in student loans. That is 19% higher than the national average of $23,639.
The median early career salary of quality control tech students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Columbia Southern University is $70,370 per year. That is 28% higher than the national average of $55,067.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Columbia Southern University does offer online classes in its quality control tech bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Southern University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 24.1% of the quality control tech students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 22.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.8% of the quality control tech bachelor’s degrees at Columbia Southern University in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 19%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 100 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 9 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 456 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 160 |
Quality Control Technology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Occupational Safety & Health Technology | 793 |
*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.
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