About Us

For nearly a century, Columbia International University has educated people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. Today we continue that effort, offering 21 degree programs for residential undergraduate students, as well as graduate and seminary programs, professional certificates, and convenient online programs for working adults.

Just like our on-campus programs, our online degrees are academically rigorous, hands-on, highy collaborative, and biblically-based. As an online student, you will engage in a friendly online environment with students from all over the world. Professors who teach on our on-campus classes also teach our award-willing online classes and they provide the same personalized guidance and advising every setp of the way.

CIU has been ranked as a Top Southern Regional University by U.S. News & World Report each year since 2006, ranked 2nd by ChristianUniversitiesOnline.org, ranked 6th in Southest "Best Bang for the Buck" school by Washington Monthly and deemed in the top 20% among military-friendly schools in the nation by Victory Media and a top school for military by Military Advanced Education magazine.

Accreditation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges