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Columbia College

11600 Columbia College Dr, Sonora, CA 95370 · Public 2-year · (209) 588-5100 · School website

Average net price

$11,316

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

26.5%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

28.4%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Columbia College

Columbia College reported 57 certificate and associate completions in 4 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in culinary (32). College Scorecard counts 1,984 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	32	Not published
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	10	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	1	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Columbia College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,282
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,282
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $9,264
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,062
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $11,316
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $39,035

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Columbia College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.