Columbia College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Columbia College Academics

Columbia College is unique in its study options. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Wheelchair Accessibility, 165 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, student centers, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Computer Repair Service Available On Campus, Computer Helpline Available, Dorms Wired for High Speed Internet Connections and Online Library. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. For instance, the university has a Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since Columbia College has academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The school of Health and Clinical Sciences at Columbia College features majors such as Speech-Language Pathology. In the same way, if you are a student who is interested in Communications & Journalism, you can choose from a major in Communications/Rhetoric and Journalism. The School of Visual and Performing Arts at Columbia College offers the following fields of study: Art – General, Dance, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – Piano/Organ and Music – Voice/Opera. Computer Science majors at Columbia College can choose from majors in the following: Computer/Information Sciences – General. The most popular majors at Columbia College rank in at sixteen percent education, fifteen percent protective services, thirteen percent social sciences, twelve percent business per marketing, nine percent visual and performing arts, six percent biology, six percent health professions and five percent english. Yet, if Foreign Language and Literature are of interest, Columbia College offers majors like French and Spanish. Likewise, Physical Sciences is offered in the following: Chemistry. Again, Columbia College offers majors in History like History – General. Students interested in Business, Management, & Marketing can find options in the majors Accounting and Business Administration/Management. Thinking of going into Government or the Public Sector? Columbia College offers Public Administration and Service degrees in the following areas: Social Work. Further, if you wish to become a teacher, consider the Education majors. In particular, Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Drama/Dance Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Education of Speech Impaired, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Special Education and multiple levels. Columbia College offers degrees in Philosphy and Religion as well. The university offers majors in Religion/Religious Studies. In the same way, Mathematics is offered in majors like Mathematics – General. Psychology at Columbia College can be studies through programs such as Psychology – General. English Language and Literature students can choose from fields of study like English and English Language & Literature – General. If your field of interest includes that of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, you can choose from the following: Biology. Columbia College offers programs in Social Sciences, specifically Political Science/Government and Social Sciences – General.

Are you an international student? Columbia College’s Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of June. Again, for international students, the application fee is 25.

Columbia College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 85%, Percent of students who had H.S. GPA of 3.0 or higher: 75% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 60%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were four hundred and seventy-four total number of transfer students who applied and two hundred and sixteen total number of transfer students who were admitted. Columbia College requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee and point zero .

For Columbia College, SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of July and For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of April. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of July. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. For all student applicants of Columbia College, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of June. Columbia College’s regular application due date was not reported.

Columbia College Financial Aid

Financial aid for Columbia College is readily accessible. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership and Music/Drama. Financial aid distribution is at fifty-two percent scholarships per grants and forty-eight percent loans per jobs.

Columbia College Students

Columbia College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Further, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. For an idea of the size of Columbia College, the school boasts one thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine degree-seeking undergrads, two hundred and sixty-eight first-time degree-seeking freshmen and three hundred and four graduate enrollment. In addition, the student body consists of eighty-nine percent in-state students, eleven percent out-of-state students, three percent part-time students, one hundred percent women, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, thirty-seven percent black per non-hispanic, three percent hispanic, fifty-seven percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, seventy-five percent had h.s. gpa of 3.0 and higher and twenty-five percent had h.s. gpa of 2.0 – 2.99.

The campus at Columbia College features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Students should note that at Columbia College, First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, eighty-seven percent of first-year students live in college housing, forty-eight percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free) and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Further, the university has many unique facilites such as leadership center for women.

Columbia College Athletics

The Columbia College Koalas is a member of NAIA. Sports at Columbia College include Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Basketball; Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Soccer; Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball.