Enrollment Trends at CC

The student population at Columbia College is 2,349 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 277 over the past decade.

711 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 240.19% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,407 where 2,349 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,626	1,153	1,473
2014-15	2,397 -229	1,048 -105	1,349 -124
2015-16	2,424 27	1,034 -14	1,390 41
2016-17	2,420 -4	1,064 30	1,356 -34
2017-18	2,545 125	1,159 95	1,386 30
2018-19	2,496 -49	1,116 -43	1,380 -6
2019-20	2,616 120	1,170 54	1,446 66
2020-21	2,132 -484	894 -276	1,238 -208
2021-22	2,063 -69	963 69	1,100 -138
2022-23	2,349 286	1,016 53	1,333 233
Average	2,407	1,062	1,345

Columbia College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.82%. The percentage was 73.00% 10 years ago and CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.47% is black students.

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	41	44	22	421	9	1,917	120
2014-15	49	40	21	366	10	1,814	68
2015-16	41	57	45	376	9	1,828	41
2016-17	38	42	47	420	12	1,825	15
2017-18	48	33	74	489	11	1,865	9
2018-19	43	35	86	499	10	1,800	6
2019-20	49	38	86	532	13	1,771	12
2020-21	31	50	55	457	11	1,465	9
2021-22	30	65	66	450	8	1,407	5
2022-23	37	45	58	527	6	1,640	2
Average	41	45	56	454	10	1,733	29

Columbia College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

711 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 240.19% 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	2,397	209	462	1,726
2015-16	2,424	316	548	1,560
2016-17	2,420	266	555	1,599
2017-18	2,545	316	564	1,665
2018-19	2,496	394	649	1,453
2019-20	2,616	382	739	1,495
2020-21	2,132	890	819	423
2021-22	2,063	770	693	600
2022-23	2,349	711	1,007	631
Average	2,382	473	671	1,239

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