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Columbus State Community College

Columbus, Ohio Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Located in Columbus, Ohio, Columbus State Community College is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 28,081 students.

Columbus State Community College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 95 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other, and Plumbing Technology. It awarded 5,065 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 20 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
28,081
Students enrolled
5,065
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
95
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 95

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 18
Business, Management and Marketing 16
Visual and Performing Arts 5
Health Professions 26
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Construction Trades 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Communications Technologies 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 5
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Precision Production 2
Social Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
3
Associate degrees
2,466
Certificates under 1 year
2,242
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
354

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
28,081
Undergraduates, fall 2024
28,081
Full-time, fall 2024
21%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
44,669
Full-time, 2024-25
16%
Size category
20,000 students or more

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
41%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
21%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
18%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
20
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
29%
Students taking some online courses
36%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional
President
David Harrison
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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