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Columbia College

Vienna, Virginia · Private for-profit career college

Massage therapy schools Culinary & pastry schools

80%completion rate · Virginia avg 57%

$7,940median debt of graduates

$23,950median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$22,160median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

$13,440annual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: Commission on English Language Program Accreditation | Council on Occupational Education (Accredited)
Address: 8620 Westwood Center Drive, Vienna, VA 22182 · Phone: (703) 206-0508 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months

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

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Massage therapists	$38,070	$62,220	$93,600
Chefs and head cooks	$43,010	$63,270	$77,270

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Virginia (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

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services	Certificate, 300–899 hours	73	$16,508	$19,227	not reported
Culinary Arts and Related Services	Associate degree	7	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.