Columbia College is a very unique
institution we have a home campus in
Columbia Missouri which is located in
the center of the United States and
center of the state of Missouri we also
have 35 nationwide campuses across the
United States in an online campus that
has over 20,000 students we also at our
home campus have over ten percent of our
population as international students
which is about 120 to 140 students
students will be attracted to our school
for a number of reasons we're in a town
that has several colleges in it and so
we're in its called college town USA our
college specifically is a very teacher
and student oriented so you're getting
this faculty attention that you need to
succeed in the classroom most
importantly we are great value or one of
the most valuable co-op colleges the
United States as far as offering a great
education for a low low cost we use the
TOEFL test as a standard document for
all of our international students that
do not have an educational backgrounds
in the United States we have a set
scores for admission and also for
scholarship too we have several
scholarships that we baste them off of
their TOEFL scores we love the TOEFL
exam because it's one of our best
indicators as far as getting our
students enrolled in the appropriate
program whether that's the ESL program
english as a second language or into a
full academic undergraduate or graduate
program it's been a great indicator for
us over the years and we hope to
continue to use it for many years to
come and we'd love to have my students
at Columbia College as possible