COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE E-10

PO Box 1315
Columbia, TN 38402-1315
Tel: (931)540-2722
Admissions: (931)540-2545
Fax: (931)540-2535
Web Site: http://www.columbiastate.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 179-acre small town campus with easy access to Nashville. Endowment: $707,627. Educational spending 2003-04: $2563 per student. Total enrollment: 4,613. 7% from top 10% of their high school class, 24% from top quarter, 55% from top half. Full-time: 2,423 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 2,190 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 6 states and territories, 2 other countries, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 8% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 28% 25 or older, 10% transferred in. Retention: 61% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT or ACT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. State resident tuition: $1952 full-time, $83 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7798 full-time, $336 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $231 full-time, $10 per semester hour part-time, $3 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Social organizations: 14 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Tennessee Education Association, Circle K, Gamma Beta Phi, Students in Free Enterprise. Major annual events: homecoming, Multicultural Festival, Drug Awareness Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. John W. Finney Memorial Learning Resources Center with 61,200 books, 460 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $271,790. 260 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A metropolitan community with temperate climate, Columbia is the boyhood home of James K. Polk. In Bluegrass country, it is noted for its diversified industry and agriculture. Particularly notable are the phosphate industry, and the Saturn automobile plant. Numerous civic and service organizations and excellent shopping facilities are part of the community. Outstanding recreational facilities include city parks, tennis courts, swimming pools, golf courses, and many TVA lakes for swimming, boating, fishing, and skiing. The National Tennessee Walking Horse Spring Jubilee is held each May in Maury County Park, three miles west. The Maury County Fair is an annual event. There are good opportunities for part-time employment.