Columbia International University acceptance rate and admissions profile

Columbia International University is a private college in South Carolina that admits most qualified applicants (around 94%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Columbia International University weighs, where it ranks among South Carolina schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1130, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

Columbia International University signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Columbia International University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 32 South Carolina schools we track, Columbia International University ranks #28 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Clemson University (38%) and Furman University (43%) sit nearby, which makes South Carolina a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Columbia International University is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Barton College, Coker University, and Davis & Elkins College. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.