Private nonprofit · Chicago, Illinois
Columbia College Chicago: cost, debt and earnings by major
24 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $36,529
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 47%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 89%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 5,368
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $25,000
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- 7.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $32,185 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $32,183 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $34,435 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $39,200 |
| $110,000+ | $44,486 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (20)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$66,798
- Marketing$65,686
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$56,482
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$54,357
- Journalism$51,639
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management$50,592
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$49,593
- Design and Applied Arts$48,601
- American Sign Language$45,619
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$44,703
- Graphic Communications$43,970
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians$43,731
- Physics$42,234 (1 yr)
- Fine and Studio Arts$42,176
- Dance$41,842
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts$41,200
- Music$40,734
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$39,986
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$39,751
- Communication and Media Studies$36,632 (1 yr)