unitid 177065 · Columbia, MO · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Columbia College
- enrollment 2023
- 8,729
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
4,950
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
45%
undergrads on Pell grants
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
42%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$37,207
33rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$22,715
after aid, aided students
53rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,378
after entry, Title IV students
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,879
45th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $23,967 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+12%
- Median family income
- $25,623
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $25,826
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 342 | $51,911 | $15,960 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 223 | $54,849 | $30,658 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 203 | $58,526 | $28,100 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 118 | $91,573 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 89 | $53,163 | $25,750 |
| Psychology, General. | 71 | $40,565 | $29,300 |
| Human Services, General. | 69 | $43,570 | $39,973 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 63 | $50,670 | $27,897 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 61 | $59,113 | $25,379 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 58 | $57,387 | $35,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 56 | $62,893 | $33,703 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 49 | $71,225 | $30,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.