unitid 144281 · Chicago, IL · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
Columbia College Chicago
- enrollment 2023
- 7,010
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
89%
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
5,368
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
46%
undergrads on Pell grants
74th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
39th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$51,889
60th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$26,598
after aid, aided students
69th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,195
after entry, Title IV students
22nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $20,924 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k27%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $49,117
- First-generation students
- 25%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $34,088
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. | 258 | $46,082 | $27,000 |
| Graphic Communications. | 212 | $65,596 | $25,000 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 162 | $36,486 | $26,000 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 140 | $33,746 | $26,977 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. | 90 | $37,460 | $26,000 |
| Music. | 53 | $32,406 | $27,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 52 | $41,142 | $26,000 |
| Marketing. | 47 | $62,207 | $26,250 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 46 | $39,240 | $27,000 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 42 | $44,985 | $25,420 |
| Physics. | 30 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 29 | $57,399 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.