Columbia College Chicago

Programs: Columbia college chicago (the college) is a fully accredited not-for-profit private college with more than 120 academic programs and over 7,000 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, masters of fine art and masters of arts in teaching 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 public perception of issues and events and who will author the culture of their times. The college had 7,027 students enrolled in its undergraduate programs and 285 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 2017, the school of fine and performing arts had an undergraduate enrollment of 3,453 and a graduate enrollment of 161. The school of liberal arts and sciences had an undergraduate enrollment of 440 and a graduate enrollment of 66. The school of media arts had an undergraduate enrollment of 2,929 and a graduate enrollment of 55. There were 208 students who did not have an official department. In the 2016-2017 academic year, the college granted 2,010 degrees. The school of fine and performing arts granted 1,053 degrees (965 were undergraduate), the school of liberal arts and sciences granted 166 degrees (120 were undergraduate), and the school of media arts granted 757 degrees (730 were undergraduate). Additionally, 34 degrees were granted to undergraduate students without enrollment in a specific school. There are 19 departments with undergraduate programs, and 9 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.