Academics at Columbia College Chicago

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Columbia College Chicago: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Columbia College Chicago:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Columbia College Chicago is about average at 15 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 30% of the instructors at Columbia College Chicago are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Columbia College Chicago offers 24 majors with reported completions across 11 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Columbia College Chicago are shown below:

The most popular majors at Columbia College Chicago, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Columbia College Chicago, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Columbia College Chicago offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,884 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Columbia College Chicago retains and graduates its students — 66% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Dig Deeper into Academics into Columbia College Chicago

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Columbia College Chicago in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Columbia College Chicago — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Columbia College Chicago — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at Columbia College Chicago — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Columbia College Chicago — online and distance enrollment options
• Accreditation Detail at Columbia College Chicago — the schools accreditation and what it means