Columbia International University Overview

Located in Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia International University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Columbia International University Known For?

• Students at CIU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at CIU is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from CIU to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Columbia International University?

Contact details for CIU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7435 Monticello Rd, Columbia, SC 29203-1513
Phone:	800-777-2227
Website:	www.ciu.edu

How Do I Get Into CIU?

You can apply to CIU online at: www.ciu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CIU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CIU?

CIU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 47%, and the acceptance rate for women is 44%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to CIU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 595. Math scores were between 460 and 540.

CIU received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 24.

Can I Afford Columbia International University?

The overall average net price of CIU is $24,841. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CIU, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,049 a year. That adds up to $24,196 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CIU is 1.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Columbia International University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 905 undergraduate students at CIU, with 571 being full-time and 334 being part-time.

There are also 1,433 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 571 full-time undergraduates at CIU, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Columbia International University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	106
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	337
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Columbia International University. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at CIU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Brazil, and Costa Rica.

Online Learning at Columbia International University

In 2020-2021, 1,786 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CIU has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CIU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Columbia International University was 46.3%. This is the #697 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CIU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.