The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Columbia conferred 1740 bachelor's degrees and 442 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general finance. Data shows the school gave out 427 bachelor's degrees in general finance, followed by 308 bachelor's degrees in exercise physiology and 287 bachelor's degrees in general biology/biological sciences.
The university enrolled 34,795 students for 2017-18, including 26,733 in undergraduate programs and 8,062 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 252 | - | 196 | - | 448 | |
| Finance, General | 427 | - | - | - | 427 | |
| Accounting | 126 | - | 115 | - | 241 | |
| Management Science | 201 | - | - | - | 201 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 201 | - | - | - | 201 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 152 | - | 9 | - | 161 | |
| Retailing and Retail Operations | 147 | - | 3 | - | 150 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 46 | - | 95 | - | 141 | |
| Business Statistics | - | - | - | 87 | 87 | |
| Insurance | 57 | - | - | - | 57 | |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 47 | - | - | - | 47 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 46 | - | - | - | 46 | |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | - | - | 43 | - | 43 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | |
| Tourism and Travel Services Management | 26 | - | - | - | 26 | |
| Accounting and Finance | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | |
| Real Estate | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Business/Commerce, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| International Finance | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 1,740 | - | 461 | 141 | 2,342 | 26.4 |
| Public Health, Other | 286 | - | - | - | 286 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 207 | - | - | - | 207 | |
| Medicine | - | - | 164 | - | 164 | |
| Pharmacy | - | - | 104 | - | 104 | |
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | - | 67 | - | 67 | |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other | 66 | - | - | - | 66 | |
| Nursing Administration | - | - | 51 | - | 51 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 27 | - | 19 | - | 46 | |
| Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | - | - | 42 | - | 42 | |
| Public Health, General | - | - | 38 | 1 | 39 | |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | - | - | 35 | - | 35 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | - | - | 29 | - | 29 | |
| Nurse Anesthetist | - | - | 28 | - | 28 | |
| Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator | - | - | 25 | - | 25 | |
| Nursing Practice | - | - | 22 | - | 22 | |
| Nursing Science | - | - | 21 | - | 21 | |
| Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management | - | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other | - | - | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | - | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Environmental Health | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physician Assistant | - | - | - | - | - | |
| International Public Health/International Health | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Critical Care Nursing | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 597 | - | 712 | 39 | 1,348 | 15.2 |
| Exercise Physiology | 308 | - | 19 | - | 327 | |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 287 | - | 14 | - | 301 | |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 46 | - | 7 | - | 53 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 52 | - | - | - | 52 | |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | - | - | 20 | 6 | 26 | |
| Epidemiology | - | - | 18 | - | 18 | |
| Human/Medical Genetics | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Biostatistics | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 693 | - | 92 | 6 | 791 | 8.9 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | - | 138 | 6 | 144 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 84 | - | 11 | - | 95 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 87 | - | - | - | 87 | |
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | - | - | 51 | - | 51 | |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | - | 48 | - | 48 | |
| Education, General | - | - | 45 | - | 45 | |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 42 | - | - | - | 42 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | - | - | 38 | - | 38 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | - | 5 | 21 | 26 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 12 | - | 7 | - | 19 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 13 | - | 3 | - | 16 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | - | - | 14 | - | 14 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Music Teacher Education | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Educational Evaluation and Research | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Educational Statistics and Research Methods | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 238 | - | 392 | 29 | 659 | 7.4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 177 | - | 24 | - | 201 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 59 | - | 22 | 2 | 83 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 62 | - | 17 | - | 79 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 25 | - | 43 | - | 68 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 51 | - | 12 | - | 63 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 40 | - | 22 | - | 62 | |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Nuclear Engineering | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Systems Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering total | 414 | - | 160 | 2 | 576 | 6.5 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 171 | - | - | - | 171 | |
| Advertising | 58 | - | - | - | 58 | |
| Broadcast Journalism | 46 | - | - | - | 46 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 39 | - | 6 | - | 45 | |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | 44 | - | - | - | 44 | |
| Journalism | 18 | - | 13 | - | 31 | |
| Health Communication | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 376 | - | 19 | 2 | 397 | 4.5 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 133 | - | 7 | - | 140 | |
| Economics, General | 63 | - | 7 | - | 70 | |
| Sociology | 45 | - | 3 | - | 48 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 39 | - | - | - | 39 | |
| Anthropology | 21 | - | 5 | - | 26 | |
| Geography | 14 | - | 9 | - | 23 | |
| Criminology | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Social Sciences, Other | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Archeology | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Social Sciences total | 315 | - | 39 | 2 | 356 | 4 |
| Social Work | 47 | - | 240 | 4 | 291 | |
| Public Administration | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | |
| Youth Services/Administration | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 47 | - | 255 | 4 | 306 | 3.4 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other | 75 | - | 4 | - | 79 | |
| Music, General | 46 | - | 14 | - | 60 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 41 | - | 6 | - | 47 | |
| Music Performance, General | - | - | 15 | 12 | 27 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 13 | - | 7 | - | 20 | |
| Dance, General | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 11 | - | 2 | - | 13 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | |
| Conducting | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Music, Other | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Music Theory and Composition | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 212 | - | 55 | 12 | 279 | 3.1 |
| Experimental Psychology | 249 | - | 8 | - | 257 | |
| School Psychology | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Clinical Psychology | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Psychology total | 249 | - | 22 | - | 271 | 3 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 110 | - | - | - | 110 | |
| Information Technology | 57 | - | - | - | 57 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | - | - | 1 | 18 | 19 | |
| Information Science/Studies | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Computer Science | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 177 | - | 7 | 18 | 202 | 2.3 |
| Law | - | - | 194 | - | 194 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | - | - | 194 | - | 194 | 2.2 |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration | 182 | - | 6 | - | 188 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 182 | - | 6 | - | 188 | 2.1 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 159 | - | 27 | - | 186 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 159 | - | 27 | - | 186 | 2.1 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 88 | - | 23 | - | 111 | |
| Creative Writing | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 88 | - | 30 | - | 118 | 1.3 |
| Chemistry, General | 34 | - | 30 | - | 64 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 14 | - | 17 | - | 31 | |
| Physics, General | 5 | - | 6 | - | 11 | |
| Physical Sciences, Other | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Geophysics and Seismology | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 55 | - | 60 | - | 115 | 1.3 |
| Library and Information Science | - | - | 111 | 1 | 112 | |
| Library Science total | - | - | 111 | 1 | 112 | 1.3 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 59 | 2 | - | - | 61 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other | 49 | - | - | - | 49 | |
| General Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 108 | 2 | - | - | 110 | 1.2 |
| Mathematics, General | 34 | - | 14 | - | 48 | |
| Statistics, General | 12 | - | 11 | 13 | 36 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 46 | - | 37 | 13 | 96 | 1.1 |
| History, General | 81 | - | 8 | - | 89 | |
| Public/Applied History | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| History total | 81 | - | 12 | - | 93 | 1 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 6 | - | 7 | - | 13 | |
| Linguistics | - | - | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Comparative Literature | 1 | - | 7 | - | 8 | |
| French Language and Literature | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Russian Language and Literature | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| German Language and Literature | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 14 | - | 25 | 2 | 41 | 0.5 |
| Environmental Science | 24 | - | - | - | 24 | |
| Environmental Studies | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 39 | - | - | - | 39 | 0.4 |
| Women's Studies | 7 | - | - | 10 | 17 | |
| Area Studies, Other | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| African-American/Black Studies | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| European Studies/Civilization | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Latin American Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chinese Studies | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 16 | - | - | 10 | 26 | 0.3 |
| Philosophy | 5 | - | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 11 | - | 3 | - | 14 | 0.2 |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | 0.1 |
| Gerontology | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Museology/Museum Studies | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 0.1 |
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