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With more than 120 academic programs and nearly 11,000 students, Columbia College Chicago is the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the nation. Because of our size, we can offer an unparalleled array of courses with exceptional technological resources in the heart of one of America's greatest cities.

Columbia College Chicago was founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory, a name inspired by the upcoming World's Columbian Exposition. By 1922, it was known as the Columbia College of Expression. A renewed, co-educational version emerged in 1936, emphasizing the growing field of radio broadcasting.

Columbia is an undergraduate and graduate college whose principal commitment is to provide a comprehensive educational opportunity in the arts, communications, and public information within a context of enlightened liberal education. Columbia's intent is to educate students who will communicate creatively and shape the public's perceptions of issues and events and who will author the culture of their times. Columbia is an urban institution whose students reflect the economic, racial, cultural, and educational diversity of contemporary America. Columbia conducts education in close relationship to a vital urban reality and serves important civic purpose by active engagement in the life and culture of the city of Chicago.

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Carnegie
Master's Colleges and Universities I

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