Headcounts and Directory Information
Columbia Southern University (Columbia Southern) is a private (for-profit), four-years institute located in Orange Beach, AL. It has a total enrollment of 17,763 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 37 to 1. It is a Master's College and University (larger programs) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.
A total of 562 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Columbia Southern. The average faculty salary is $40,361 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 943 employees work at Columbia Southern. The average non-instructional staff salary is $59,646. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 21982 University Lane, Orange Beach, AL |
| Phone Number | 251-981-3771 |
| Web | www.columbiasouthern.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 37 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 230 Full-time / 332 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 606 Full-time / 337 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $40,361 |
| Staff Average Salary | $59,646 |
| Student Population | 17,763 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Columbia Southern University, there are 943 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 606 full-time and 337 part-time staffs work at Columbia Southern. By gender there are 423 male and 520 female employees.
Among them, 562 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 230 full-time and 332 part-time faculty. By gender there are 310 male and 252 female faculty teaching at Columbia Southern.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 943 | 423 | 520 | 606 | 249 | 357 | 337 | 174 | 163 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 562 | 310 | 252 | 230 | 139 | 91 | 332 | 171 | 161 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 136 | 28 | 108 | 134 | 27 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Management | 53 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 27 | 26 | - | - | - |
| Business and Financial Operations | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 30 | 25 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 59 | 11 | 48 | 58 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Service | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sales and related | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 72 | 9 | 63 | 72 | 9 | 63 | - | - | - |