Enrollment Trends at Columbia College Chicago

The student population at Columbia College Chicago is 6,646 (6,424 undergraduate and 222 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,496 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Columbia College Chicago is 96.66% which is decreased by 3,247 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 249 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

69 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,790 where 6,646 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,247 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 249 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Columbia College Chicago than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Columbia College Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,142	9,671	4,330	5,341	471	162	309
2014-15	9,440 -702	9,003 -668	3,967 -363	5,036 -305	437 -34	148 -14	289 -20
2015-16	8,961 -479	8,608 -395	3,629 -338	4,979 -57	353 -84	123 -25	230 -59
2016-17	8,120 -841	7,809 -799	3,308 -321	4,501 -478	311 -42	112 -11	199 -31
2017-18	7,312 -808	7,027 -782	2,934 -374	4,093 -408	285 -26	98 -14	187 -12
2018-19	6,825 -487	6,568 -459	2,777 -157	3,791 -302	257 -28	93 -5	164 -23
2019-20	6,947 122	6,708 140	2,821 44	3,887 96	239 -18	75 -18	164 0
2020-21	6,769 -178	6,542 -166	2,679 -142	3,863 -24	227 -12	84 9	143 -21
2021-22	6,736 -33	6,493 -49	2,594 -85	3,899 36	243 16	94 10	149 6
2022-23	6,646 -90	6,424 -69	2,548 -46	3,876 -23	222 -21	89 -5	133 -16
Average	7,790	7,485	3,159	4,327	305	108	197

Columbia College Chicago Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,485 where 6,424 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbia College Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,671	8,720	3,898	4,822	951	432	519
2014-15	9,003	8,172	3,577	4,595	831	390	441
2015-16	8,608	7,806	3,249	4,557	802	380	422
2016-17	7,809	7,142	2,990	4,152	667	318	349
2017-18	7,027	6,436	2,663	3,773	591	271	320
2018-19	6,568	6,073	2,550	3,523	495	227	268
2019-20	6,708	6,252	2,612	3,640	456	209	247
2020-21	6,542	6,117	2,487	3,630	425	192	233
2021-22	6,493	6,124	2,426	3,698	369	168	201
2022-23	6,424	6,111	2,415	3,696	313	133	180
Average	7,485	7,485	2,887	4,009	7,485	272	318

Columbia College Chicago Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 305 where 222 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbia College Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	471	346	121	225	125	41	84
2014-15	437	319	117	202	118	31	87
2015-16	353	256	97	159	97	26	71
2016-17	311	223	84	139	88	28	60
2017-18	285	227	79	148	58	19	39
2018-19	257	206	71	135	51	22	29
2019-20	239	185	62	123	54	13	41
2020-21	227	185	70	115	42	14	28
2021-22	243	198	84	114	45	10	35
2022-23	222	177	72	105	45	17	28
Average	305	305	86	147	305	22	50

Columbia College Chicago Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.67% and the percentage of black students is 16.94% at Columbia College Chicago. 3.48% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia College Chicago over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	33	297	1,669	1,050	5	5,685	401
2014-15	33	293	1,538	901	4	5,428	435
2015-16	25	295	1,352	1,005	8	4,920	408
2016-17	21	277	1,148	1,056	4	4,428	365
2017-18	28	309	890	1,051	4	3,969	310
2018-19	13	273	895	1,084	8	3,614	313
2019-20	11	258	956	1,293	11	3,547	335
2020-21	13	249	1,044	1,524	8	3,254	307
2021-22	9	248	1,005	1,610	7	3,176	333
2022-23	7	231	1,126	1,671	6	2,902	323
Average	19	273	1,162	1,225	7	4,092	353

Columbia College Chicago Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

69 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Columbia College Chicago from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,440	0	0	9,440
2015-16	8,961	0	0	8,961
2016-17	8,120	0	0	8,120
2017-18	7,312	9	0	7,303
2018-19	6,825	14	0	6,811
2019-20	6,947	32	0	6,915
2020-21	6,769	0	0	6,769
2021-22	6,736	14	1,283	5,439
2022-23	6,646	69	2,754	3,823
Average	7,528	15	449	7,065

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