As home to a major research university, four colleges and a large technical college campus, our city has 50,000 students enrolled in higher education and preparing to join our workforce every year.

In Columbia, you’ll find:

  • The nation’s top-ranked international MBA program
  • A law school and medical school
  • One of the nation’s top 3 College Technology Incubators to watch, as ranked by Inc. Magazine
  • The McNair Center, where college engineering students collaborate on research with NASA
  • IT-ology, a technology academy preparing a workforce for today and the future
  • Midlands Technical College, offering 120 programs on 7 campuses

See why Living Here makes Columbia the place to be!

A Millennial Town


“This college town, home of the University of South Carolina, saw a net influx of 6,554 millennials, which is 4.95% of its population. That’s the largest percentage for this metric out of all 173 cities in our study.”

- SmartAsset
2019

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Columbia is a great place to do business. Our team is here to make it easy, too. We can help you with:

  • Site visits
  • Finding available land or office space
  • Negotiating incentive packages
  • Logistics and transportation expertise
  • Working with service providers and government offices
  • Connecting to the talented, skilled workforce you need

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