Colleges in Columbia Maryland

County: Howard

Elevation: 400 feet

Land Area: 27.6 square miles

Population Density: 3498 people per square mile

Population: 96,421

Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (64.4%), Black (21.5%), Hispanic (4.1%), Two or more races (2.8%), Asian Indian (2.0%), Chinese (1.9%), Korean (1.8%), Other race (1.6%), American Indian (0.8%), Other Asian (0.5%)

Ancestries (City): German (16.1%), Irish (12.0%), English (11.6%), Italian (5.3%), Polish (4.2%), United States (3.9%)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (14.7 miles , pop. 651,154)

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (106.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550)

Nearest cities: Savage-Guilford, MD (2.1 miles ), Ellicott City, MD (2.2 miles ), North Laurel, MD (2.2 miles ), Elkridge, MD (2.4 miles ), Jessup, MD (2.5 miles ), West Laurel, MD (2.6 miles ), Laurel, MD (2.7 miles ), Burtonsville, MD (2.8 miles )

Columbia Compared to State Average:

Median household income significantly above state average.

Median house value significantly above state average.

Unemployed percentage below state average.

Black race population percentage below state average.

Hispanic race population percentage above state average.

Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.

Length of stay since moving in below state average.

Number of rooms per house above state average.

House age below state average.

Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.

High school or higher: 94.30%

Bachelor’s degree or higher: 59.00%

Graduate or professional degree: 28.70%

Colleges/Universities in Columbia:

HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Full-time enrollment: 3,036, Location: 10901 LITTLE PATUXENT PKY, Public, Website: www.howardcc.edu/

LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

FT enrollment: 572, Location: 9325 SNOWDEN RIVER PKY, Private, for-profit, Website: www.lincolntech.com

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-MARYLAND

FT enrollment: 499, Location: 8830 STANFORD BLVD STE 100, Private, for-profit, Website: www.phoenix.edu/maryland, Offers Doctor's degree

TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE INSTITUTE

FT enrollment: 201, Location: 10227 WINCOPIN CIR THE AMERICAN CITY BLDG STE 100, Private, not-for-profit, Website: WWW.TAI.EDU, Offers Master's degree)

Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Columbia:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY

about 9 miles, BALTIMORE, MD, Full-time enrollment: 9,095

COPPIN STATE COLLEGE

about 13 miles, BALTIMORE, MD, FT enrollment: 2,844

THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY

about 14 miles, CATONSVILLE, MD, FT enrollment: 10,141

BALTIMORE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

about 14 miles, BALTIMORE, MD, FT enrollment: 3,227

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-BALTIMORE

about 15 miles, Baltimore, MD, FT enrollment: 4,456

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE