Columbia College Business Programs

Located in Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Columbia College?

Contact details for Columbia College South Carolina are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1301 Columbia College Dr, Columbia, SC 29203
Phone:	803-786-3012
Website:	www.columbiasc.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/columbiacollegesc
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/ColumbiaKoala

How Do I Get Into Columbia College South Carolina?

You can apply to Columbia College South Carolina online at: https://admissions.columbiasc.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Columbia College South Carolina

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Columbia College South Carolina?

Since Columbia College South Carolina has an acceptance rate of 97%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 1% of accepted students are men and 99% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Average Test Scores

About 27% of students accepted to Columbia College South Carolina submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 550. Math scores were between 370 and 500.

Columbia College South Carolina received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 18. Math scores were between 16 and 17. Composite scores were between 17 and 20.

Can I Afford Columbia College?

The overall average net price of Columbia College South Carolina is $24,595. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Columbia College South Carolina, approximately 86% of students took out student loans averaging $6,680 a year. That adds up to $26,720 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Columbia College South Carolina is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Columbia College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 979 undergraduate students at Columbia College South Carolina, with 641 being full-time and 338 being part-time.

There are also 239 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 641 full-time undergraduates at Columbia College South Carolina, 4% are male and 96% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Columbia College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	262
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	242
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	76

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Columbia College. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Columbia College

In 2019-2020, 988 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Columbia College South Carolina has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Columbia College South Carolina

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Columbia College was 0.8%. This is the #1,491 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Columbia College South Carolina regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Columbia College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	22	15	37
Organizational Leadership	0	10	10
Accounting	4	0	4
General Hospitality Administration/Management	3	0	3
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	0	2
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	2	0	2
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	0	0
Fashion Merchandising	0	0	0
TOTAL	33	25	58

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.