- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Columbia College
Columbia, MOCity: midsizeZIP 65216Founded 1851
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1851
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 15
- Website
- www.ccis.edu
MissouriReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Columbia College
Columbia College is a private nonprofit college in Columbia, Missouri, with 4,950 undergraduates. It graduates 51% within six years and costs $25,982 a year after aid.
51%graduate
Retention75%
4-year graduation36%
Pell Grant share50%
Federal loans39%
$25,982net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
51%graduate in 6 years
$48,161median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,786median debt
#1,336 of 1,704 for earnings#1,289 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,014 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $41,106tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $27,404
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $27,404
- Average net price
- $25,982national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$27,025
$30,001–48,000$27,419
$48,001–75,000$26,711
$75,001–110,000$21,234
$110,001+$26,208
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college51%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college50%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 51%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 36%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 38%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,365
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,161middle 50%: $28,894–$70,937
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,786
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$70,937
Median, Columbia College$48,161
Lower quarter$28,894
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 4,950
- Part-time
- 50%
- Women / men
- 60% / 41%
- Average age at entry
- 30.0
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,205 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,042
- Endowment, end of year
- $159,246,801
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White53%
Hispanic12%
Black21%
Asian1.9%
Two or more races6.2%
U.S. nonresident3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown1.3%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management34%
Liberal arts & humanities25%
Health professions9.0%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting7.0%
Computer & information sciences6.2%
Psychology5.5%
Public administration & social service5.5%
History1.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 177065. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5149656.