CC (Sonora, CA) - Community College Profile

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees of Columbia College (CC) is $1,547 for California residents and $8,870 for out-of-state students. Its tuition & fees is cheaper than the average tuition ($9,880) of public community colleges in California.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Columbia College. Then, we compare its costs to California community colleges and all U.S. community colleges.

In addition, the chart shows tuition trends over the last 5 years. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	California Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$1,547	$8,870
Books & Supplies	$940
Off-Campus Living Costs	$25,623
Average Financial Aid	$5,111
Cost of Attendance	$28,110	$35,433
After Financial Aid	$22,999	$30,322
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$33,600

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	California Residents	Out-of-State Students
Columbia College	$1,547	$8,870
Public Community Colleges in California	$1,615	$9,880
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Tuition Trends

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Columbia College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Offered Programs and Online Availability
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	14	49	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each major program along with offered degrees and online availability. The number in each column indicates the number of awarded degrees and/or certificates of the program. "Only in Classroom" means that the program is offered only on-site classes and "not offered" means that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Natural Resources and Conservation

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Natural Resources/Conservation	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Forestry	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communications Technologies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Programming/Programmer	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Pre-Engineering	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Child Care Provider/Assistant	NOT OFFERED	11 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	26 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	61 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	27 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geography (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Photography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Small Business Administration/Management	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
History	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 2,349 students at Columbia College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 963 male students and 1,100 female students are attending the school. The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	2,063	509	1,554
Male Students	963	215	748
Female Students	1,100	294	806

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Columbia College, there are 2,349 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 1,718 students were attending classes through distance learning (711 students are enrolled exclusively and 1,007 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,349
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	711
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	1,007
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	631

School Profile and Academic Overview

Columbia College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Sonora, California. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $1,547 for California residents and $8,870 for other students on average. It offers 88 degree programs through 14 Certificate, 49 Associate's programs. The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $33,600.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	11600 Columbia College Dr, Sonora, CA
Phone	209-588-5100
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$1,547 Out-of-State$8,870
Student Population »	2,349 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	27%
Transfer-out Rate	9%
Retention Rate	57% (Full-time) 23% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$5,111
Students to Faculty	14:1 (7.14%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$33,600

Columbia College

A Community College in Sonora, California

2024 Tuition & Fees

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Student Population

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

School Profile and Academic Overview

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