Columbia College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, drama and performing arts, and therapy and counseling.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,445 in 2009-2010 (1,406 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students and graduate students are 21%.

Students under 25 years old represent 60% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Columbia College provides on-campus housing for 572 of its 1,406 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 40 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 100% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Columbia College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (49 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (8 awarded)

• Dance

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (201 awarded)

• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (22 awarded)

• Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (5 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (16 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (10 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education

SCIENCE (14 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (41 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Community Psychology
• Psychology