Columbia College
Columbia, SC
- Undergrads
- 1,343
- Admit rate
- 94%
- Net price
- $18.4k
- Grad rate
- 37%
- United Methodist
- Specialty: Criminal Justice & Protective Services 16%
- Specialty: Business 16%
Benedict College
Columbia, SC 29204City: MidsizeUNITID 217721
Private nonprofit 4-yearBaccalaureate Colleges: Diverse FieldsHBCUBaptistSpecialty: Business 20%Specialty: Biology 17%Specialty: Criminal Justice & Protective Services 14%
Undergraduates
1,536
Graduate students
63
Admit rate
96%
Average net price
$18.3k
Graduation rate
24%
Retention rate
57%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$31.9k
Median debt
$32.5k
Student : faculty
13:1
Value score*
28th pct.
Programs offered
44
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- South · South Atlantic
- Setting
- City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)
- Carnegie
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year, small, highly residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- Baptist
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.