Enrollment Trends at Columbia International

The student population at Columbia International University is 2,481 (1,001 undergraduate and 1,480 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,327 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Columbia International is 40.35% which is increased by 417 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 910 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,592 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 577.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,480 where 2,481 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

40.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 59.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 417 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 910 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Columbia International than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,154	584	314	270	570	319	251
2014-15	1,103 -51	560 -24	272 -42	288 18	543 -27	298 -21	245 -6
2015-16	1,001 -102	551 -9	278 6	273 -15	450 -93	255 -43	195 -50
2016-17	966 -35	497 -54	257 -21	240 -33	469 19	257 2	212 17
2017-18	966 0	497 0	257 0	240 0	469 0	257 0	212 0
2018-19	1,048 82	545 48	264 7	281 41	503 34	284 27	219 7
2019-20	1,649 601	806 261	388 124	418 137	843 340	444 160	399 180
2020-21	2,098 449	857 51	430 42	427 9	1,241 398	582 138	659 260
2021-22	2,338 240	905 48	418 -12	487 60	1,433 192	682 100	751 92
2022-23	2,481 143	1,001 96	481 63	520 33	1,480 47	661 -21	819 68
Average	1,480	680	336	344	800	404	396

Columbia International University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 680 where 1,001 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 International University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	584	511	261	250	73	53	20
2014-15	560	497	236	261	63	36	27
2015-16	551	495	242	253	56	36	20
2016-17	497	454	224	230	43	33	10
2017-18	497	454	224	230	43	33	10
2018-19	545	513	244	269	32	20	12
2019-20	806	551	286	265	255	102	153
2020-21	857	589	323	266	268	107	161
2021-22	905	571	291	280	334	127	207
2022-23	1,001	564	298	266	437	183	254
Average	680	680	263	257	680	73	87

Columbia International University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 800 where 1,480 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 International University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	570	243	120	123	327	199	128
2014-15	543	231	104	127	312	194	118
2015-16	450	188	100	88	262	155	107
2016-17	469	184	83	101	285	174	111
2017-18	469	184	83	101	285	174	111
2018-19	503	199	90	109	304	194	110
2019-20	843	223	90	133	620	354	266
2020-21	1,241	203	79	124	1,038	503	535
2021-22	1,433	264	129	135	1,169	553	616
2022-23	1,480	181	81	100	1,299	580	719
Average	800	800	96	114	800	308	282

Columbia International University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.39% and the percentage of black students is 16.20% at Columbia International University. 13.10% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia International University 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	2	40	197	33	1	771	21
2014-15	3	34	198	28	0	722	20
2015-16	2	27	146	33	0	670	17
2016-17	0	36	147	27	0	642	18
2017-18	0	35	147	27	0	640	18
2018-19	1	38	196	54	0	595	7
2019-20	4	34	273	85	2	747	7
2020-21	6	292	317	70	3	852	10
2021-22	6	415	365	45	2	920	31
2022-23	4	325	402	23	0	1,027	50
Average	3	128	239	43	1	759	20

Columbia International University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,592 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 64% of total students. The number of online students has increased 577.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Columbia International University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,103	235	202	666
2015-16	1,001	184	180	637
2016-17	966	216	201	549
2017-18	966	257	165	544
2018-19	1,048	352	114	582
2019-20	1,649	849	242	558
2020-21	2,098	748	721	629
2021-22	2,338	1,569	217	552
2022-23	2,481	1,592	148	741
Average	1,517	667	243	606

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