Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois · Private nonprofit
At a glance
- Admission rate
- 89%
- Undergraduates
- 5,368
- Setting
- City: Large
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Test policy
Test blind Scores aren't considered, even if sent.
IPEDS (Fall 2024 admissions, reported 2024-25): Test scores not considered for admission, even if submitted. Policies change; confirm on the school's admissions website.
Policy source: nces.ed.gov
Admissions
- Phone
- (312) 369-1000
Cost
- Tuition
- $37,344per year
- Average net price
- $36,529What students who get federal aid pay on average after grants and scholarships, per year.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 47%
- First-year retention
- 66%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $48,427
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data
Degrees and programs
Degree levels: bachelor, master, graduate certificate
Show all 29 programs
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies · bachelor
- Communication and Media Studies · bachelor, master
- Journalism · bachelor, master
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication · bachelor
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication · bachelor
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians · bachelor
- Graphic Communications · bachelor
- Computer Programming · bachelor
- Computer Software and Media Applications · bachelor
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · bachelor
- American Sign Language · bachelor
- English Language and Literature, General · bachelor
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies · bachelor, master
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · bachelor
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · bachelor, master
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · bachelor
- Physics · bachelor
- Dance · bachelor
- Design and Applied Arts · bachelor, master
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft · bachelor, master, graduate certificate
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts · bachelor, master
- Fine and Studio Arts · bachelor, master
- Music · bachelor, master
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management · bachelor, master
- Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art · bachelor
- Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education · master, graduate certificate
- Business Administration, Management and Operations · bachelor
- Business/Corporate Communications · master
- Marketing · bachelor
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study
Sources
Numbers on this page come from these sources, as of the year shown. Schools change policies and deadlines - check the school's own website before you apply.
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Institution-Level Data Data released 2026-11-02; admissions, SAT/ACT, enrollment and test policy: Fall 2024 (IPEDS 2024-25); tuition: 2025-26; net price: 2024-25; graduation rate: 150% completion for the Fall 2019 cohort; retention: Fall 2023 cohort; median earnings 10 years after entry: measured 2022-2023 (2024 dollars)
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard - Most Recent Data by Field of Study Released 2026-10-15; programs (CIP 2020, 4-digit) by credential level as reported to IPEDS completions for award years 2022-23 and 2023-24
- NCES IPEDS Institutional Characteristics - Directory information (HD2024) - phone and admissions URL — as of 2024-25 collection
- NCES College Navigator profile — as of IPEDS
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