The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Columbia conferred 916 bachelor's degrees and 327 doctor's degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in general business/commerce. Data shows the school gave out 890 bachelor's degrees in general business/commerce, followed by 546 bachelor's degrees in general health services/allied health/health sciences and 540 bachelor's degrees in journalism.
The university enrolled 29,843 students for 2017-18, including 22,484 in undergraduate programs and 7,359 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 546 | - | - | 546 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 206 | 68 | - | 274 | |
| Public Health, General | - | 62 | 51 | 113 | |
| Veterinary Medicine | - | 110 | - | 110 | |
| Medicine | - | 98 | - | 98 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 47 | 24 | - | 71 | |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | 34 | 36 | - | 70 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 2 | 56 | - | 58 | |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other | 58 | - | - | 58 | |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | - | 48 | - | 48 | |
| Medical Informatics | - | 25 | 11 | 36 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 23 | - | - | 23 | |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Medical Scientist | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 916 | 555 | 69 | 1,540 | 16.6 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 890 | 91 | - | 981 | |
| Accounting | 136 | 138 | 77 | 351 | |
| Hotel/Motel Administration/Management | 144 | - | - | 144 | |
| Taxation | - | - | 31 | 31 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| Marketing Research | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 1,170 | 229 | 130 | 1,529 | 16.5 |
| Journalism | 540 | 107 | - | 647 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 161 | 16 | - | 177 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 701 | 123 | - | 824 | 8.9 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | 197 | 16 | 213 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | 161 | 15 | 176 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 100 | - | - | 100 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 57 | - | - | 57 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 23 | 33 | - | 56 | |
| Educational Administration and Supervision, Other | - | 46 | - | 46 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 36 | 7 | 43 | |
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 24 | 15 | - | 39 | |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 27 | - | - | 27 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 24 | - | - | 24 | |
| Education, General | 14 | - | 3 | 17 | |
| Educational Evaluation and Research | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Multicultural Education | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Education total | 269 | 488 | 59 | 816 | 8.8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 165 | 29 | - | 194 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 95 | 22 | - | 117 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 57 | 32 | - | 89 | |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | 73 | 10 | - | 83 | |
| Industrial Engineering | 60 | 11 | - | 71 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 48 | 16 | - | 64 | |
| Engineering, General | - | 32 | - | 32 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 24 | 8 | - | 32 | |
| Nuclear Engineering | - | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Engineering total | 522 | 169 | 1 | 692 | 7.5 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 291 | 19 | 1 | 311 | |
| Biochemistry | 65 | 10 | - | 75 | |
| Epidemiology | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Physiology, General | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Neuroscience | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Conservation Biology | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Exercise Physiology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pharmacology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 356 | 45 | 14 | 415 | 4.5 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 117 | 11 | - | 128 | |
| Sociology | 94 | 14 | 1 | 109 | |
| Economics, General | 42 | - | - | 42 | |
| Geography | 18 | 6 | 9 | 33 | |
| Anthropology | 19 | 12 | - | 31 | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | - | 26 | - | 26 | |
| Archeology | 12 | 7 | - | 19 | |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Social Sciences, Other | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Social Sciences total | 302 | 76 | 12 | 390 | 4.2 |
| Psychology, General | 330 | - | 16 | 346 | |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | - | 24 | - | 24 | |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Psychology total | 330 | 28 | 16 | 374 | 4 |
| Animal Sciences, General | 122 | 17 | - | 139 | |
| Plant Sciences, General | 38 | 22 | - | 60 | |
| Agricultural Business and Management, General | 53 | - | - | 53 | |
| Agricultural Mechanization, General | 40 | - | - | 40 | |
| Agricultural Economics | 11 | 10 | - | 21 | |
| Food Science | 16 | 5 | - | 21 | |
| Agriculture, General | 20 | - | - | 20 | |
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism | 14 | - | - | 14 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 314 | 54 | - | 368 | 4 |
| Family Resource Management Studies, General | 83 | 8 | 4 | 95 | |
| Apparel and Textiles, General | 83 | 3 | - | 86 | |
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 62 | 12 | - | 74 | |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General | 56 | - | - | 56 | |
| Housing and Human Environments, General | 39 | 6 | - | 45 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | 323 | 41 | 4 | 368 | 4 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 97 | 37 | - | 134 | |
| Information Technology | 82 | - | - | 82 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | - | 21 | - | 21 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 179 | 58 | - | 237 | 2.6 |
| Social Work | 36 | 77 | 1 | 114 | |
| Public Administration | - | 84 | 22 | 106 | |
| Youth Services/Administration | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Social Work, Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 36 | 161 | 33 | 230 | 2.5 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 52 | 9 | - | 61 | |
| Music, General | 27 | 23 | - | 50 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 28 | - | - | 28 | |
| Digital Arts | 25 | - | - | 25 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 12 | 4 | - | 16 | |
| Jazz/Jazz Studies | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 144 | 36 | 1 | 181 | 2 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 125 | - | - | 125 | |
| Human Computer Interaction | - | 10 | 22 | 32 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Gerontology | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 125 | 10 | 28 | 163 | 1.8 |
| Chemistry, General | 34 | 13 | - | 47 | |
| Physics, General | 20 | 16 | - | 36 | |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 33 | 2 | - | 35 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 14 | 10 | - | 24 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 101 | 41 | - | 142 | 1.5 |
| Statistics, General | 37 | 30 | - | 67 | |
| Mathematics, General | 47 | 15 | - | 62 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 84 | 50 | - | 134 | 1.4 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 100 | 21 | - | 121 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 100 | 21 | - | 121 | 1.3 |
| Law | - | 94 | - | 94 | |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other | - | 3 | 24 | 27 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | - | 97 | 24 | 121 | 1.3 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | 39 | 8 | - | 47 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 27 | 6 | - | 33 | |
| German Language and Literature | 13 | 3 | - | 16 | |
| Linguistics | 14 | - | - | 14 | |
| Russian Language and Literature | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| French Language and Literature | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 97 | 20 | - | 117 | 1.3 |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | 112 | - | - | 112 | |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 112 | 3 | - | 115 | 1.2 |
| General Studies | 110 | - | - | 110 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 110 | - | - | 110 | 1.2 |
| Area Studies, Other | 106 | - | - | 106 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 106 | - | - | 106 | 1.1 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 31 | 22 | - | 53 | |
| Forestry, General | 13 | 1 | - | 14 | |
| Forest Resources Production and Management | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 44 | 23 | 11 | 78 | 0.8 |
| History, General | 55 | 9 | - | 64 | |
| History total | 55 | 9 | - | 64 | 0.7 |
| Philosophy | 11 | 7 | - | 18 | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 16 | 8 | - | 24 | 0.3 |
| Library and Information Science | - | 20 | - | 20 | |
| Library Science total | - | 20 | - | 20 | 0.2 |
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