by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Columbia College was awarded 80 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Columbia College Missouri is ranked #634 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Columbia College Missouri held the #664 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Columbia College Missouri also holds the #12 spot on the Best Colleges in Missouri ranking.
Columbia College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Columbia College, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Columbia College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Columbia College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Columbia College Missouri is 14%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,861 undergraduates at Columbia College Missouri with 3,162 being full-time and 4,699 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,567 | $24,775 | $23,629 | $24,487 | $22,593 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Columbia College Missouri, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Missouri, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,584 a year. That adds up to $26,336 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Columbia College Missouri are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216 |
| Phone: | 800-231-2391 |
| Website: | https://www.ccis.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 636 | $45,133 |
| General Business/Commerce | 458 | $48,329 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 166 | $46,195 |
| Human Services | 142 | $37,571 |
| Nursing | 104 | $71,271 |
| General Psychology | 92 | $35,685 |
| Business Administration & Management | 90 | $53,748 |
| Human Resource Management | 79 | $49,326 |
| Accounting | 60 | $46,905 |
| Management Information Systems | 55 | $61,770 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,699 students took at least one online class at Columbia College. This is a decrease from the 5,220 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,699 | 3,845 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,220 | 4,157 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,536 | 5,247 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,177 | 7,023 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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