Enrollment Trends at Columbia

The student population at Columbia College is 1,514 (1,173 undergraduate and 341 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 345 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Columbia is 77.48% which is increased by 163 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 182 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 5.50 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

796 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 494.03% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,362 where 1,514 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 163 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 182 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.50 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Columbia than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,169	1,010	46	964	159	20	139
2014-15	1,221 52	1,120 110	154 108	966 2	101 -58	13 -7	88 -51
2015-16	1,484 263	1,388 268	319 165	1,069 103	96 -5	8 -5	88 0
2016-17	1,588 104	1,456 68	399 80	1,057 -12	132 36	39 31	93 5
2017-18	1,514 -74	1,380 -76	354 -45	1,026 -31	134 2	40 1	94 1
2018-19	1,276 -238	1,165 -215	238 -116	927 -99	111 -23	34 -6	77 -17
2019-20	1,243 -33	1,102 -63	177 -61	925 -2	141 30	35 1	106 29
2020-21	1,218 -25	979 -123	126 -51	853 -72	239 98	42 7	197 91
2021-22	1,389 171	1,065 86	162 36	903 50	324 85	41 -1	283 86
2022-23	1,514 125	1,173 108	188 26	985 82	341 17	45 4	296 13
Average	1,362	1,184	216	968	178	32	146

Columbia College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,184 where 1,173 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,010	723	15	708	287	31	256
2014-15	1,120	794	97	697	326	57	269
2015-16	1,388	1,034	235	799	354	84	270
2016-17	1,456	1,041	267	774	415	132	283
2017-18	1,380	804	65	739	576	289	287
2018-19	1,165	765	53	712	400	185	215
2019-20	1,102	763	33	730	339	144	195
2020-21	979	641	25	616	338	101	237
2021-22	1,065	727	94	633	338	68	270
2022-23	1,173	790	128	662	383	60	323
Average	1,184	1,184	101	707	1,184	115	261

Columbia College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 178 where 341 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	159	144	18	126	15	2	13
2014-15	101	97	12	85	4	1	3
2015-16	96	94	7	87	2	1	1
2016-17	132	126	38	88	6	1	5
2017-18	134	130	38	92	4	2	2
2018-19	111	105	32	73	6	2	4
2019-20	141	127	32	95	14	3	11
2020-21	239	231	40	191	8	2	6
2021-22	324	290	39	251	34	2	32
2022-23	341	167	29	138	174	16	158
Average	178	178	29	123	178	3	24

Columbia College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.54% and the percentage of black students is 34.02% at Columbia College. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia College 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	4	12	444	65	2	596	31
2014-15	5	14	449	56	1	626	43
2015-16	10	10	508	55	1	813	44
2016-17	15	9	533	63	1	871	38
2017-18	12	9	519	54	1	810	45
2018-19	8	8	477	54	2	593	35
2019-20	7	9	462	65	0	430	44
2020-21	4	14	480	69	0	473	31
2021-22	10	16	535	92	0	598	39
2022-23	10	24	515	137	3	644	17
Average	9	13	492	71	1	645	37

Columbia College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

796 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has increased 494.03% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Columbia College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,221	134	195	892
2015-16	1,484	386	228	870
2016-17	1,588	543	183	862
2017-18	1,514	551	238	725
2018-19	1,276	387	255	634
2019-20	1,243	381	255	607
2020-21	1,218	507	481	230
2021-22	1,389	659	448	282
2022-23	1,514	796	411	307
Average	1,383	483	299	601

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