Columbia College Chicago
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $16,500
Students with federal loans: 57.3%
Students with Pell grants: 43.2%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $24,908
After 5 years: $41,854
Majors(26 programs)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(312 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(272 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(157 graduates)
- Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management.(106 graduates)
- Graphic Communications.(82 graduates)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(63 graduates)
- Music.(56 graduates)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.(53 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(50 graduates)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.(35 graduates)
- Journalism.(34 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(30 graduates)
- Marketing.(27 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(23 graduates)
- American Sign Language.(15 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(15 graduates)
- Dance.(13 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(8 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(8 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(7 graduates)
- Computer Programming.(6 graduates)
- Physics.(3 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(2 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(2 graduates)
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,294 students
Admission Rate: 91.2%
Retention Rate: 64.0%
Graduation Rate: 48.5%
Student Demographics
White (40.7%)
Hispanic (28.8%)
Black (17.6%)
Asian (3.5%)
Two or More (4.5%)
International (3.7%)
Gender Distribution
Men (38.5%)
Women (61.5%)