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Southeastern College-Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina · Private for-profit career college

Massage therapy schoolsMedical assistant programsRadiology & sonography programs
67%completion rate · South Carolina avg 52%
$9,500median debt of graduates
$26,719median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$31,156median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
not reportedannual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools | Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges | American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy | Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (Accredited)
Address: 581 Columbia Mall Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29223 · Phone: (803) 798-8800 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, since lifted — Mar 2024 · Probation · American Occupational Therapy Association; Aug 2026 · Renewal of Accreditation.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
Southeastern College-… Southeastern College-…: 66.7% 66.7% South Carolina average South Carolina average: 52% 52% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Massage therapists$17,340$58,000$74,040
Medical assistants$34,730$41,160$46,950
Radiologic technologists and technicians$51,860$69,600$82,560

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in South Carolina (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 59 $21,896 $17,218 $7,811
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate, 1–2 years 26 $23,159 $18,877 $9,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate degree 18 not reported not reported not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate degree 7 not reported not reported not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate degree 2 not reported not reported not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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