How many students at Columbia? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,046 students have enrolled in Columbia College with 5,675 undergraduate and 371 graduate students.

By gender, 2,431 male and 3,615 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

3,845 students are enrolled exclusively, and 854 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Columbia College has a total of 6,046 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,675 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 371 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,431 male and 3,615 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total6,0465,675371
Men2,4312,296135
Women3,6153,379236
Columbia College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartColumbia College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartColumbia College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,279 White, 1,258 Black, and 130 Asian students out of a total of 6,046 are attending at Columbia College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American321913
Asian1307258
Black1,258474784
Hispanic677296381
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders201010
White3,2791,3041,975
Two or more races379138241
Race Unknown934647
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American301812
Asian1277156
Black1,188443745
Hispanic654292362
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders19109
White3,0601,2251,835
Two or more races360130230
Race Unknown914546
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian312
Black703139
Hispanic23419
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White21979140
Two or more races19811
Race Unknown211
Columbia College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartColumbia College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartColumbia College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Columbia has 21 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 2,040 students under 25 years old, and 4,725 students over 25 years old out of 6,765 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 21 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. Columbia has 1,978 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,373 students aged 25 and over.

It has 62 graduate students aged under 25 and 352 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1821129
18-19429260169
20-21659411248
22-24931552379
25-291,354859495
30-341,110700410
35-39858449409
40-491,014585429
50-64377227150
Over 6512102
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1821129
18-19429260169
20-21654407247
22-24874522352
25-291,278805473
30-341,048657391
35-39785407378
40-49919529390
50-64334198136
Over 65972
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21541
22-24573027
25-29765422
30-34624319
35-39734231
40-49955639
50-64432914
Over 65330
Columbia College 2022 Student Population by Age chartColumbia College 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartColumbia College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartColumbia College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartColumbia College 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartColumbia College 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Columbia College, 3,845 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 854 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,433 students lived in Missouri or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,412 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students6,0463,845854
Undergraduate5,6753,537826
Graduate37130828
Online Student Population by Locality
Missouri ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,4332,35755
Undergraduate1,2992,18553
Graduate1341722
Columbia College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,675 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 955 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 16.83%.400 students have transferred in as full-time status and 555 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time1,949
Transfer-in Full-time400
Regular Part-time2,771
Transfer-in Part-time555

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