+25%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Columbia College rose 24% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.4k → $9.3k).
California · Public · Predominantly associate's
Columbia College
Sonora, California. 1,917 undergraduate students. 78 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Columbia College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+168%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Columbia College rose 168% between 2007 and 2010 (1.2k → 3.1k).
-19%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Columbia College fell 19% between 2007 and 2010 (23.9% → 19.2%).
-16%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Columbia College fell 16% between 2009 and 2010 (7.7% → 6.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,035+20% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$32,510
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.4%-53% · '97→'10
California median 61.3%—
At program completion1,917+83% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS83.9%-9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$1,547+282% · '00→'24
out-of-state $8,870SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
-53%
Columbia College · completion · 150% fell
41.0% → 19.3%
+83%
Columbia College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,712 → 3,138
+95%
Columbia College · in-state tuition rose
$336 → $1,282
+148%
Columbia College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,736 → $9,264
+56%
Columbia College · pell share rose
18.2% → 28.4%
+34%
Columbia College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,000 → $34,920
+63%
Columbia College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$20,000 → $32,510
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Columbia College graduates earn $X” — not “Columbia College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Columbia College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.