Columbia College Chicago Student Population and Demographics

Columbia College Chicago Student Population

There are 5,570 students including 5,422 undergraduate and 148 graduate students at Columbia College Chicago for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,295 full-time and 275 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,204 male and 3,366 female students.

Columbia College Chicago is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 37 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Columbia College Chicago has a total enrollment of 5,570 with a gender distribution of 39.57% male (2,204 students) and 60.43% female (3,366 students). There are 2,141 male and 3,281 female students in undergraduate school and 63 male and 85 female students are attending graduate school at Columbia College Chicago.

Student Population By Gender
Columbia College Chicago
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,570	2,204	3,366
Undergraduate	5,422	2,141	3,281
Graduate	148	63	85
Full-time	5,295	2,073	3,222
Part-time	275	131	144

[Chart] Columbia College Chicago 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Columbia College Chicago has 5,295 full-time and 275 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,174 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 248 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 121 students are full-time and 27 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Columbia College Chicago
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,570	5,295	275
Undergraduate	5,422	5,174	248
Graduate	148	121	27
Men	2,204	2,073	131
Women	3,366	3,222	144

[Chart] Columbia College Chicago Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Columbia College Chicago, 37 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,869 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,570 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,884 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 22 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Columbia College Chicago
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,570	5,422	148
Online Exclusively	37	32	5
In Some Online Classes	1,869	1,852	17
Not In Online Classes	3,664	3,538	126

[Chart] Columbia College Chicago Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Columbia College Chicago. There are 14 American Indian/Native American, 2,177 White, 1,042 Black/African American, 201 Asian, 1,539 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 104 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Columbia College Chicago
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,570	2,204	3,366
American Indian/Native American	14	5	9
Asian	201	85	116
Black/African American	1,042	404	638
Hispanic	1,539	629	910
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	2,177	871	1,306
Two More	261	82	179
Race Un-Known	52	22	30

[Chart] Columbia College ChicagoRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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