Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago admitted 90% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $36,529 a year. Within six years, 47% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 90%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $58,050 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $36,529 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $32,185 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $37,344 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 47%
- Students who return for a second year
- 66%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $48,427 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,368
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 51%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Visual and performing arts
- 74%
- Communication and journalism
- 7%
- Communications technologies
- 6%
- English language and literature
- 5%
- Physical sciences
- 3%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Radford University VA · 90% admitted
- Tarleton State University TX · 90% admitted
- University of Central Arkansas AR · 90% admitted
- University of Nebraska at Kearney NE · 90% admitted
- VanderCook College of Music IL · 90% admitted
- Gwynedd Mercy University PA · 90% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.