abstract:Columbia Southern University, in Orange Beach, Alabama, USA, is a privately held institution of higher education.Golden, Daniel, "For-Profit Colleges Target the Military", Bloomberg Businessweek, December 30, 2009 It offers associate, bachelor, graduate and postgraduate programs in fields including fire science], [[criminal justice, business administration, information technology, human resource management, organizational leadership, and occupational safety and health.
An investigation by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo revealed that officials at ColumbiaUniversity, the University of Texas and the University of Southern California owned stock in a company called Education Lending Group, which owned a company called Student Loan Xpress.