Enrollment Trends at Columbia

The student population at Columbia College is 1,725 (1,391 undergraduate and 334 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 241 (16.24%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Columbia is 80.64% which is increased by 3 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 238 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 24 male students for every 100 female students, down from 28 in 2015.
964 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 149.74% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,452 where 1,725 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,725 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,218 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,484 to 1,725 students, a net gain of 241 (16.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Columbia College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,484	1,388	319	1,069	96	8	88
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
2023-24	1,572 58	1,268 95	227 39	1,041 56	304 -37	29 -16	275 -21
2024-25	1,725 153	1,391 123	288 61	1,103 62	334 30	46 17	288 13
Average	1,452	1,237	248	989	216	36	180

Columbia College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,237 where 1,391 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbia College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,268	907	183	724	361	44	317
2024-25	1,391	958	232	726	433	56	377
Average	1,237	1,237	132	712	1,237	116	277

Columbia College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 216 where 334 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Columbia College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	304	168	20	148	136	9	127
2024-25	334	174	31	143	160	15	145
Average	216	216	31	131	216	5	49

Columbia College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.86% and the percentage of black students is 38.20% at Columbia College. 2.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.78% to 37.86%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.67% to 2.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 34.23% to 38.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.71% to 8.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7021 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5803 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Columbia College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	17	30	558	143	1	638	6
2024-25	25	36	659	154	3	653	8
Average	12	17	525	89	1	652	31

Columbia College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

964 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has increased 149.74% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Columbia College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	1,572	836	23	713
2024-25	1,725	964	377	384
Average	1,452	601	290	561

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Enrollment Trends at Columbia

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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