Columbia College
Columbia College admitted 94% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $21,611 a year. Within six years, 41% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 94%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $38,048 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $21,611 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $21,039 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $24,436 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 41%
- Students who return for a second year
- 60%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $46,266 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,944
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,343
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 60%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 16%
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Education
- 16%
- Health professions
- 13%
- Psychology
- 12%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- California State University-Bakersfield CA · 94% admitted
- Corban University OR · 94% admitted
- Western Kentucky University KY · 94% admitted
- California State University-Sacramento CA · 94% admitted
- Coker University SC · 94% admitted
- Herzing University-Atlanta GA · 94% admitted
More colleges in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina-Columbia SC · 60% admitted
- Clemson University SC · 38% admitted
- College of Charleston SC · 60% admitted
- Coastal Carolina University SC · 75% admitted
- University of South Carolina-Upstate SC · 67% admitted
- Winthrop University SC · 79% admitted
- Lander University SC · 81% admitted
- Anderson University SC · 55% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.