Private, non-profit college · United States
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois · In a city
✓ On the US government's College ScorecardThe numbers
Tuition and fees, per year$37,344About ₹35.5 lakh. Same for all students. Living costs are extra.
Applicants admitted89%
Students5,5165,368 bachelor's · 148 graduate
International students4%Share of bachelor's students from outside the US
Finish their degree47%Of full-time first-year students, within six years
Figures from the US government's College Scorecard, files updated 15/10/2026. Rupees at the RBI rate of 16/10/2026. Some universities charge international students more. Check the fee on the official site before you plan.
Subjects it teaches
Subjects in which it awarded degrees in recent years, by official US subject group. The exact course names are on its website.
Bachelor's · 27 subjects
- American Sign Language
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
- Business Administration, Management and Operations
- Communication and Media Studies
- Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art
- Computer Programming
- Computer Software and Media Applications
- Dance
- Design and Applied Arts
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
- English Language and Literature, General
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- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts
- Fine and Studio Arts
- Graphic Communications
- Journalism
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Marketing
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
- Music
- Physics
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Master's · 12 subjects
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
- Business/Corporate Communications
- Communication and Media Studies
- Design and Applied Arts
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts
- Fine and Studio Arts
- Journalism
- Movement and Mind-Body Therapies and Education
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
- Music
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Applying from India
For a bachelor's degreeApply to the college directly, often through the Common App. Check its own page for tests, English scores, essays and deadlines.Study abroad stage
For a master's degreeApply to the department on the university's own site. Check which Indian degrees, marks and tests the course asks for.Master's abroad guide
The full costTuition plus living, health insurance and travel. The university sends the visa form (I-20) only once you show you can pay.US cost in rupeesScholarships
Check before you pay anyoneYou can apply yourself, without an agent. Agents who say they are “free” are usually paid by the university.How free agents get paid
We haven't checked this university's entry rules and deadlines for Indian students yet.Use its official website for those. Want us to check a course for you? Ask on WhatsApp.
Source: US Department of Education, College Scorecard (ID 144281), checked 19/10/2026. Public US government data.
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