Benedict College
Columbia, SC
- Undergrads
- 1,536
- Admit rate
- 96%
- Net price
- $18.3k
- Grad rate
- 24%
- HBCU
- Baptist
- Specialty: Business 20%
Columbia College
Columbia, SC 29203City: MidsizeUNITID 217934
Private nonprofit 4-yearMaster's Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsUnited MethodistSpecialty: Criminal Justice & Protective Services 16%Specialty: Business 16%Specialty: Education 16%
Undergraduates
1,343
Graduate students
334
Admit rate
94%
Average net price
$18.4k
Graduation rate
37%
Retention rate
60%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$41.3k
Median debt
$22.8k
Student : faculty
12:1
Value score*
42th pct.
Programs offered
65
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
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year, very small, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- United Methodist
- 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.