Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago (the College) is a fully accredited not-for-profit private College with more than 120 academic programs and over 6,600 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, masters of arts management, and masters 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 6,424 students enrolled in its undergraduate programs and 222 students enrolled in its graduate programs. The undergraduate programs are offered in three schools within the College: the school of fine and performing arts; the school of liberal arts & sciences; and the school of media arts. Columbia College Chicago consists of three schools: fine and performing arts, liberal arts and sciences and media arts. In fall 2022, the school of fine and performing arts had an undergraduate enrollment of 3,260 and a graduate enrollment of 95. The school of liberal arts and sciences had an undergraduate enrollment of 344 and a graduate enrollment of 46. The school of media arts had an undergraduate enrollment of 2,644 and a graduate enrollment of 80. There were 177 students who did not have an official department. In the 2021-2022 academic year, the College granted 1,349 degrees. The school of fine and performing arts granted 665 degrees (615 were undergraduate), the school of liberal arts and sciences granted 99 degrees (75 were undergraduate), and the school of media arts granted 571 degrees (545 were undergraduate). Additionally, 14 degrees were granted to undergraduate students without enrollment in a specific school. There are 17 departments with undergraduate programs, and 10 departments with graduate programs.

Columbia College Chicago provides housing, food service and residence life programs to its students. The College has over 2,000 beds available to its students in five different residence centers on its campus.