Career Programs at CC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Columbia College is $8,870 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

53% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,111 (exclude student loans).

CC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,870
Average Financial Amount	$5,111

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Columbia College offers 39 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 525 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Columbia College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	3	10
Less than 1 Year Certificate	22	77
2 Years Certificate	14	55
Total	39	525

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

10 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
77 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
55 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
383 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
	Total	10

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Forestry	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	2	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	10	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Psychology	✕	23	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	4	-
Geography (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	1	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Retail Management	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	5	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Taxation	✕	2	-
	Total	77

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	1	-
Forestry	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	5	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	43	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geography (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	0	-
	Total	55

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	15	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Forestry	✕	12	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	8	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	13	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	1	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	15	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	7 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	94 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	81	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	13	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	9	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	8	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	4	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	2	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Psychology	✕	25	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	25	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	6	-
Economics	✕	2	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	0	-
Geography (other)	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	14	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Photography	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	3	-
Music	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	2	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	3	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	2	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	383

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 2,349 students are attending at Columbia College. There are 51 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 59 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1 (7.14%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 130 (full-time) and 68 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Columbia College is 27% and transfer-out rate is 9%. The retention rate is 57% at the school.

CC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	2,349
Graduation Rate	27%
Number of Faculty	110
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

Student Population at CC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,063 students enrolled into Columbia College. By gender, 963 male and 1,100 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Columbia College.

Student Population By Gender
Columbia College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,063	963	1,100
Full-time	509	215	294
Part-tme	1,554	748	806

There are 1,407 White (68.20%), 66 Black/African American (3.20%), 450 Hispanic (21.81%), 65 Asian (3.15%), and 517 students with other races attending Columbia College. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Columbia College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,063	963	1,100
American Indian/Native American	30	14	16
Asian	65	39	26
Black/African American	66	54	12
Hispanic	450	204	246
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	6	2
White	1,407	633	774
Two More	5	5	0
Un-Known	31	8	23
Non-resident Alien	1	0	1

Columbia College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

770 students (37.32% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 693 students (33.59% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Columbia College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Columbia College
	Number of Students
Total	2,063
Enrolled Online Exclusively	770
Enrolled Some Online Courses	693
Not in Online Courses	600

By age range, at Columbia College, 408 students are aged 20 to 24 (19.78% of total students), 952 students are aged below 20 (46.15%), 94 students are aged above 50 (7.17%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Columbia College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,063	963	1,100
Under 18	451	218	233
Age 18-19	501	248	253
Age 20-21	258	115	143
Age 22-24	150	56	94
Age 25-29	185	75	110
Age 30-34	161	67	94
Age 35-39	118	55	63
Age 40-49	145	77	68
Age 50-64	74	37	37
Over 64	20	15	5

Directory and Accreditation Information

Columbia College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (7/1/1972 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Columbia College.

11600 Columbia College Dr, Sonora, CA

209-588-5100

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