Columbia College

Columbia College was established on January 18, 1851, as Christian Female College. It adopted its present name in 1970 and is also known as Columbia College of Missouri. The college offers several degree and certificate programs as well as numerous scholarships. Some of these are the Alumni Legacy Scholarship, Capstone Scholarship, Disciples of Christ Schiffman Supplementary Award, Columbia College Scholarship, International Excellence Awar, and Presidential Scholarship. The following are the academic departments of Columbia College:

• Art Department
• Business Administration Department
• Computer and Mathematical Sciences Department
• Criminal Justice Administration and Human Services Department
• Education Department
• History and Social Sciences Department
• Humanities Department
• Science Department

There are a wide variety of Greek organizations at Columbia College including Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Sigma Lambda, Alpha Phi Sigma, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Phi Alpha Delta, Pi Sigma Alpha, Lambda Pi Eta, Psi Chi, Sigma Tau Delta, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, and many more. Some of the other student organizations are Residence Hall Council Association, Black Student Association, Criminal Justice Student Association, and Participant Advisory Council for Student Support Services.

Columbia College Highlights

Where Columbia College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, business and management, and security and law enforcement.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Numerous part-time students.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Student meal (board) plan
• Study abroad option
• Distance learning available
• Weekend study option
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Students

The student enrollment at Columbia College was 12,954 in 2007 (9,732 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 97% of enrolled students and graduate students are 3%.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 94% are full-time and 6% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: Columbia College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

Columbia College provides on-campus housing for 376 of its 9,732 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Columbia College Athletics

Columbia College is in the American Midwest Conference for major sports.

Columbia College offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 36 male students received the aid (men were 47% of those receiving aid) and 40 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 53% of students receiving such aid) .

Columbia College Admissions (2007)

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