WC Georgia News

About 22.6 percent of the 1,868 degrees and certificates handed out by Columbus State University in 2017-18 were to students in education programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Columbus conferred 195 master's degrees and 131 certificates in education programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in registered nursing/registered nurse. Data shows the school gave out 172 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse, followed by 117 certificates in general educational leadership and administration and 97 certificates in criminal justice/safety studies.

The university enrolled 8,076 students for 2017-18, including 6,640 in undergraduate programs and 1,436 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Associates degrees	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	18	117	135
Special Education and Teaching, General	13	-	53	-	66
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	32	-	10	4	46
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other	-	-	34	-	34
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	-	30	4	34
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	31	-	31
Education, Other	-	-	22	-	22
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	7	-	8	-	15
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	7	-	5	-	12
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	4	-	4	-	8
Art Teacher Education	5	-	2	-	7
Music Teacher Education	6	-	-	-	6
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	-	-	4	4
Administration of Special Education	-	-	-	2	2
Mathematics Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances	-	-	-	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	-	-	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	-	-	-	-	-
Education total	74	-	217	131	422	22.6
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	172	-	15	-	187
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	80	-	-	-	80
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-	-	39	-	39
Medical Informatics	-	-	-	1	1
Health Professions and Related Programs total	252	-	54	1	307	16.4
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	58	7	82	97	244
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	58	7	82	97	244	13.1
Business Administration and Management, General	50	-	26	-	76
Accounting	35	-	-	-	35
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	34	-	-	-	34
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	-	-	33	-	33
Finance, General	24	-	-	-	24
Business/Commerce, General	22	-	-	-	22
Management Information Systems, General	8	-	-	-	8
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	-	-	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	173	-	59	-	232	12.4
Music Performance, General	22	-	13	16	51
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	-	-	-	22	22
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	20	-	-	-	20
Drawing	12	-	-	-	12
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	6	-	-	-	6
Art/Art Studies, General	5	-	-	-	5
Music, General	5	-	-	-	5
Visual and Performing Arts total	70	-	13	38	121	6.5
Computer and Information Sciences, General	49	-	35	-	84
Information Technology	20	-	-	-	20
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	-	-	7	7
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	-	-	-	2	2
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	-	-	-	2	2
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	69	-	35	11	115	6.2
Sociology	52	-	-	-	52
Social Sciences, Other	-	-	39	-	39
Political Science and Government, General	14	-	-	-	14
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	-	-	-	1	1
Social Sciences total	66	-	39	1	106	5.7
Communication, General	50	3	-	-	53
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	50	3	-	-	53	2.8
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	44	-	8	-	52
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	44	-	8	-	52	2.8
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	40	-	-	-	40
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	40	-	-	-	40	2.1
English Language and Literature, General	33	-	-	-	33
Rhetoric and Composition	-	-	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters total	33	-	-	-	33	1.8
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	5	26	-	-	31
General Studies	-	-	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	5	26	-	-	31	1.7
Psychology, General	31	-	-	-	31
Psychology total	31	-	-	-	31	1.7
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other	13	-	-	-	13
Chemistry, General	13	-	-	-	13
Geology/Earth Science, General	-	-	-	-	-
Physical Sciences total	26	-	-	-	26	1.4
History, General	14	-	2	-	16
History total	14	-	2	-	16	0.9
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	8	-	-	-	8
Spanish Language and Literature	-	-	-	2	2
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	8	-	-	2	10	0.5
Mathematics, General	10	-	-	-	10
Mathematics and Statistics total	10	-	-	-	10	0.5
International/Global Studies	-	-	-	9	9
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	-	-	-	1	1
Gerontology	-	-	-	-	-
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	-	-	-	10	10	0.5
Environmental Science	-	-	6	-	6
Natural Resources and Conservation total	-	-	6	-	6	0.3
Engineering, Other	-	3	-	-	3
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	-	-	-	-	-
Engineering total	-	3	-	-	3	0.2