Columbia College Chicago

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO (THE COLLEGE) IS A FULLY ACCREDITED NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE COLLEGE WITH MORE THAN 40 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND OVER 4,400 STUDENTS. COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO AWARDS UNDERGRADUATE BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, BACHELOR OF MUSIC AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES, ALONG WITH GRADUATE MASTER OF ARTS, MASTER OF ARTS MANAGEMENT, AND MASTER OF FINE ART DEGREES. THE COLLEGE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE PRIVATE ARTS AND MEDIA COLLEGES IN THE NATION. THE COLLEGE'S INTENT IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS WHO WILL COMMUNICATE CREATIVELY AND SHAPE THE PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF ISSUES AND EVENTS AND WHO WILL AUTHOR THE CULTURE OF THEIR TIMES. THE COLLEGE HAD 4,346 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS AND 115 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ITS GRADUATE PROGRAMS. THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN EIGHT SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COLLEGE; THE SCHOOL OF AUDIO AND MUSIC; THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE; THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN; THE SCHOOL OF FASHION; THE SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION; THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE; AND THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS. IN FALL 2025, THE SCHOOL OF AUDIO AND MUSIC HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 483 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 27. THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 383 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 33. THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 322 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 9. THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 741 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 6. THE SCHOOL OF FASHION HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 316. THE SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 805 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 30. THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 562 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 4. THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS HAD AN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 567 AND A GRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 10. THERE WERE 167 STUDENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL SCHOOL. IN THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, THE COLLEGE GRANTED 1,348 DEGREES. THE SCHOOL OF AUDIO AND MUSIC GRANTED 109 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES, THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANTED 157 DEGREES (147 WERE UNDERGRADUATE), THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE GRANTED 141 (124 WERE UNDERGRADUATE), THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN GRANTED 223 DEGREES (222 WERE UNDERGRADUATE), THE SCHOOL OF FASHION GRANTED 102 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES, THE SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION GRANTED 266 DEGREES (259 WERE UNDERGRADUATE), THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND DANCE GRANTED 190 DEGREES (186 WERE UNDERGRADUATE), AND THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS GRANTED 160 DEGREES (155 WERE UNDERGRADUATE).