Colleges Near Columbia
There are no colleges in Columbia, but 40 are within 50 miles, enrolling 214,242 students combined.
The closest option is Millersville University of Pennsylvania in Millersville, 7.7 miles from Columbia (about 9-13 minutes by car). Columbia (pop. 10,400) is in Pennsylvania.
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland ranks #10 nationally. Harford Community College in Bel Air has the lowest tuition at $6,432 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Columbia. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Columbia. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Columbia.
Penn State Berks
- Public 4 Year
- Reading, PA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 36 miles from Columbia
Penn State Berks is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, engineering, and information sciences. The suburban campus is located just outside Reading.
- SAT Range 1090-1275
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $23,721
Reading Area Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Reading, PA
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- 36 miles from Columbia
Reading Area Community College is a public community college offering associate degrees and career certificates. Most students commute to its campus in Reading in Berks County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,089
Albright College
- Private 4 Year
- Reading, PA
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- 38 miles from Columbia
Albright is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate fashion, biology, and business. The residential campus sits in the midsize city of Reading in southeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $20,587
Cecil College
- Public 2 Year
- North East, MD
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- 39 miles from Columbia
Cecil College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The campus is in the small town of North East near the Chesapeake Bay.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,128
Dickinson College
- Private 4 Year
- Carlisle, PA
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- 39 miles from Columbia
Dickinson is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate international studies, foreign languages, and environmental science. The historic campus sits in the small college town of Carlisle in central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1310-1460
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 42%
- Net Price $38,483
McDaniel College
- Private 4 Year
- Westminster, MD
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2.5 | 4 reviews
- 41 miles from Columbia
McDaniel is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the college town of Westminster.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $24,497
Gettysburg College
- Private 4 Year
- Gettysburg, PA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 42 miles from Columbia
Gettysburg is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate history and political science. The campus borders Gettysburg National Military Park and the Civil War battlefield.
- SAT Range 1270-1460
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $32,769
Goucher College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 43 miles from Columbia
Goucher is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate creative writing, dance, and international studies. Every undergraduate completes a required study abroad experience.
- SAT Range 1090-1325
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $26,913
Carroll Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Westminster, MD
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 44 miles from Columbia
Carroll Community College is a public community college offering associate degrees with strengths in nursing and business. The suburban campus sits in the town of Westminster in central Maryland.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,886
Towson University
- Public 4 Year
- Towson, MD
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 45 miles from Columbia
Towson is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and communications. The suburban campus sits just north of Baltimore.
- SAT Range 950-1235
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $16,653
Stevenson University
- Private 4 Year
- Owings Mills, MD
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 45 miles from Columbia
Stevenson is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, forensic science, and business. The suburban Owings Mills campus sits northwest of Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $27,162
Penn State Schuylkill
- Public 4 Year
- Schuylkill Haven, PA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 45 miles from Columbia
Penn State Schuylkill is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The campus is set in the small town of Schuylkill Haven in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $19,039
University of Delaware
- Public 4 Year
- Newark, DE
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- 46 miles from Columbia
Delaware is a large public university known for undergraduate chemical engineering, business, and fashion studies. The campus is set in the college town of Newark.
- SAT Range 1190-1370
- Avg GPA 3.94
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $19,139
Goldey Beacom College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilmington, DE
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- 47 miles from Columbia
Goldey-Beacom is a private college known for undergraduate business, accounting, and management. The suburban campus sits in the Pike Creek area of Wilmington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $15,688
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 47 miles from Columbia
Ner Israel is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical college known for undergraduate Talmudic studies and Jewish law. The residential campus in suburban Baltimore is organized around traditional yeshiva life for men.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $17,808
Loyola University Maryland
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 48 miles from Columbia
Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1200-1370
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $32,846
Morgan State University
- Public 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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4.2 | 5 reviews
- 48 miles from Columbia
Morgan State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and business. The urban campus is in northeast Baltimore.
- SAT Range 840-1070
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $15,476
Notre Dame of Maryland University
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 48 miles from Columbia
Notre Dame of Maryland is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The residential campus sits in a neighborhood of northern Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $21,191