Columbia International University
Columbia International University admitted 95% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $18,951 a year. Within six years, 50% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 95%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $42,083 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $18,951 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,759 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $27,900 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 50%
- Students who return for a second year
- 53%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $44,657 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 716
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 32%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 24%
- Theology and religious vocations
- 19%
- Education
- 11%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 10%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
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Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
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- Laguna College of Art and Design CA · 94% admitted
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy MA · 95% admitted
- Mitchell College CT · 95% 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.