Columbia College
Sonora, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 1,984 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agriculture, GeneralAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,346
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $135,014 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (48)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,748
- ArcheologyCertificate · 0 finished
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,346
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Educational/Instructional Media DesignCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $37,986
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $25,749
- ForestryCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $41,922
- ForestryAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $39,285
- Geography and CartographyCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $46,721
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $31,008 a year afterNationally: $38,650
- HistoryAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,926
- History and Language/LiteratureAssociate degreeNationally: $37,405
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 58 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 119 finishedGraduates here earned $34,669 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,576
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,698
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $39,736
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $30,994
- SociologyAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificateNationally: $42,428
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $32,424
- TaxationCertificate · 0 finished
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificateNationally: $29,038
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,054per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $17,901sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,276Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 28%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,6966 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $39,95810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Columbia College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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