Columbia College

For more than 30 years, Columbia College has been helping military personnel, their family members and Department of Defense civilians earn college degrees while serving the country. As a private, coeducational liberal arts and sciences college, we believe education should be relevant to society, and our degree programs reflect this philosophy. People of all ages deserve an opportunity to improve their lives through higher education.

Columbia College recognized as a leader in military-friendly education

Military Advanced Education, a publication that focuses on educational services and opportunities for military students, invited over 2,000 institutions to share their military-friendly practices. Just sixty institutions were selected as being military-friendly, and only twenty, including Columbia College, were honored as the top institutions. Institutions such as Columbia College, says MAE, set the gold standard for serving the men, women, spouses and retirees who serve or have served our country.Read the Columbia Missourian article.

To learn more about Columbia College's military friendly practices, read an interview with Dr. Gerald T. Brouder, President of Columbia College.

Fast facts

• One in every four students at Columbia College is in the military or is a military dependent.
• Eighteen of our 34 extended campuses across the country are on military bases, including one in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Main Campus in Columbia, Mo. is an ROTC crosstown school.
• Competitive tuition rates and high-quality academic programs earn Columbia College a position in the top tier of America's Best Colleges by U.S.News & World Report.
• Columbia College is a member of both the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) and Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) networks.
• Columbia College subscribes to the Military Student Bill of Rights.

Columbia College understands the needs of today's service members.

We offer eight-week sessions, five times a year. Our online program consists of 19 online degree programs, and more than 600 online classes. Columbia College accepts all military rating or occupational specialty, challenge examinations, CLEP and DANTES; however, all bachelor's degrees must contain a minimum of 60 traditional college hours. Residency requirements are adjusted for active duty military members and their dependents. We understand that the military working environment can change in a moment's notice, so special refund policies are in effect for military students deployed during academic sessions.