Columbia College (Columbia, MO) Student Population and Demographics

Columbia Student Population

There are 5,689 students including 5,207 undergraduate and 482 graduate students at Columbia College for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,562 full-time and 3,127 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,320 male and 3,369 female students.

Columbia College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,019 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Columbia College has a total enrollment of 5,689 with a gender distribution of 40.78% male (2,320 students) and 59.22% female (3,369 students). There are 2,117 male and 3,090 female students in undergraduate school and 203 male and 279 female students are attending graduate school at Columbia College.

Student Population By Gender
Columbia College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,689	2,320	3,369
Undergraduate	5,207	2,117	3,090
Graduate	482	203	279
Full-time	2,562	1,017	1,545
Part-time	3,127	1,303	1,824

[Chart] Columbia College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Columbia College has 2,562 full-time and 3,127 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,476 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,731 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 86 students are full-time and 396 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Columbia College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,689	2,562	3,127
Undergraduate	5,207	2,476	2,731
Graduate	482	86	396
Men	2,320	1,017	1,303
Women	3,369	1,545	1,824

[Chart] Columbia College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Columbia College, 4,019 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 695 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,689 students.

In undergraduate schools, 4,310 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 404 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Columbia College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,689	5,207	482
Online Exclusively	4,019	3,640	379
In Some Online Classes	695	670	25
Not In Online Classes	975	897	78

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Columbia College. There are 32 American Indian/Native American, 3,018 White, 1,179 Black/African American, 103 Asian, 642 Hispanic, 26 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 170 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Columbia College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,689	2,320	3,369
American Indian/Native American	32	16	16
Asian	103	58	45
Black/African American	1,179	467	712
Hispanic	642	266	376
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	15	11
White	3,018	1,218	1,800
Two More	342	120	222
Race Un-Known	98	50	48

[Chart] Columbia CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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