Columbia College, also known as Columbia College of Missouri, is a private college based in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1851 as a nonsectarian college, it has retained a covenant with the Christian Church since its inception. In addition to its main campus, the college operates at locations in nine U.S. states with many of them on U.S. military bases. As of 2019, one third of Columbia's almost 10,000 students were associated with the U.S. military.