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 4,137 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Columbia College Chicago is 96.66% which is decreased by 3,886 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 251 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. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Columbia College Chicago does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,062 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 3,886 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 251 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,783	10,310	4,812	5,498	473	175	298
2013-14	10,142 -641	9,671 -639	4,330 -482	5,341 -157	471 -2	162 -13	309 11
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	8,062	7,742	3,309	4,433	320	114	206

Columbia College Chicago Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,742 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 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,310	9,224	4,291	4,933	1,086	521	565
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	7,742	7,742	3,014	4,093	7,742	295	340

Columbia College Chicago Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 320 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 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	473	366	142	224	107	33	74
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	320	320	91	154	320	23	52

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 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	30	314	1,811	1,360	8	6,186	346
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	20	277	1,221	1,237	7	4,283	352

Columbia College Chicago Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Columbia College Chicago

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes