Columbia College Chicago

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Columbia College Chicago students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of Columbia College Chicago students is 50.9%. Female students graduated at a rate of 52.4%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 48.3%.

50.9%

asian 64.8% 35 students
African American 37.9% 102 students
white 56.2% 509 students
unknown 47.9% 45 students
hispanic 41.2% 124 students
International Students 69.6% 32 students
Mixed Race 56.6% 47 students

Drop Out

Columbia College Chicago has an overall drop-out rate of 48.5% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 51.3% and 46.8% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

48.5%

asian 35.2% 19 students
African American 61.0% 164 students
white 43.3% 392 students
unknown 52.1% 49 students
hawaiian 80.0% 4 students
hispanic 57.8% 174 students
International Students 30.4% 14 students
Mixed Race 43.4% 36 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.6%

African American 1.1% 3 students
white 0.6% 5 students
hispanic 1.0% 3 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$34,500	$36,124	$46,919
Marketing	$36,175	$40,355	$41,194
Graphic Communications	$22,857	$33,993	$40,498
American Sign Language	$28,692	$35,330	$38,260
Journalism	$30,841	$30,635	$37,241
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$38,669	$31,133	$37,111
Design and Applied Arts	$29,065	$29,737	$36,271
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$29,840	$27,222	$35,652
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	$23,934	$29,113	$35,061
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$30,229	$27,204	$33,403
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	$26,467	$27,507	$33,173
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$21,616	$23,649	$29,204
Music	$18,502	$19,944	$27,493
Fine and Studio Arts	$24,822	$28,849	$27,185
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$19,356	$22,485	$27,010
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$20,854	$20,995	$25,508
Dance	$20,411	$21,964	$25,046
Physics	$54,861	NA	NA
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NA	$23,351	NA
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$21,894	$31,527	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	$37,418	$38,289	$48,304
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$32,614	$41,789	$41,739
Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education	$42,521	$41,565	$41,719
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$26,785	$33,993	$35,845
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	NA	$25,967	$28,877
Journalism	NA	$41,025	NA

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