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About 41.1 percent of the 521 degrees and certificates handed out by Columbia College in 2017-18 were to students in homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Columbia conferred 190 bachelor's degrees and 24 master's degrees in homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in criminal justice/safety studies. Data shows the school gave out 147 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice/safety studies, followed by 52 master's degrees in "other" education and 43 bachelor's degrees in crisis/emergency/disaster management.

The college enrolled 1,276 students for 2017-18, including 1,165 in undergraduate programs and 111 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	147	24	171
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	43	-	43
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	190	24	214	41.1
Education, Other	-	52	52
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	9	-	9
Education, General	9	-	9
Elementary Education and Teaching	6	-	6
Special Education and Teaching, General	4	-	4
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	2	-	2
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	2	-	2
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	1	1
Education total	32	53	85	16.3
Social Work	43	-	43
Community Organization and Advocacy	3	-	3
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	2	-	2
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	48	-	48	9.2
Psychology, General	21	-	21
Applied Psychology	-	15	15
Psychology total	21	15	36	6.9
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	17	-	17
Communication and Media Studies, Other	7	-	7
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	1	-	1
Journalism, Other	1	-	1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	26	-	26	5
Business Administration and Management, General	10	-	10
Accounting	8	-	8
International Business/Trade/Commerce	6	-	6
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	24	-	24	4.6
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	13	-	13
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	5	-	5
Public Health, General	3	-	3
Health Professions and Related Programs total	21	-	21	4
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	18	-	18
Biochemistry	1	-	1
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	19	-	19	3.6
Behavioral Sciences	11	-	11
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	11	-	11	2.1
Fine/Studio Arts, General	4	-	4
Music, General	3	-	3
Dance, General	2	-	2
Visual and Performing Arts total	9	-	9	1.7
Political Science and Government, General	7	-	7
Social Sciences total	7	-	7	1.3
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other	4	-	4
Family and Community Services	1	-	1
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	5	-	5	1
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	3	-	3
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	1	-	1
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	4	-	4	0.8
English Language and Literature, General	4	-	4
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters total	4	-	4	0.8
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	2	-	2
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	2	-	2	0.4
Mathematics, General	2	-	2
Mathematics and Statistics total	2	-	2	0.4
Chemistry, General	2	-	2
Physical Sciences total	2	-	2	0.4
Spanish Language and Literature	1	-	1
French Language and Literature	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	1	-	1	0.2
History, General	1	-	1
History total	1	-	1	0.2
Religion/Religious Studies	-	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	-	-	-	-