Logo-stateuniv-h55

StateUniversity.com – U.S. University Directory   [ Home » University List » New York » School Summary ]

116 St and Broadway
New York, NY 10027
p. 212-854-1754
w. www.columbia.edu

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

« Back to School Summary


Request Info Compare This School What's my Chance of Admission?
New!

Related Schools

Related schools and/or departments

Nearby Schools

Schools geographically nearby

Similar Schools

Schools similar in rank, size, etc.

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateArts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority graduate/professional
Size & SettingLarge four-year, highly residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District3615

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Columbia University in the City of New York?
8th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $39,296 $39,296 $39,296
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $2,020 $2,020 $2,020
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $1,270 $1,270 $1,270
FT Graduate Tuition $35,396 $35,396 $35,396
FT Graduate Required Fees $1,604 $1,604 $1,604
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $1,116 $1,116 $1,116
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $54,294 $54,294 $54,294
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $42,616 $42,616 $42,616
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $42,616 $42,616 $42,616

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $37,224↓ $39,326 $37,224↓ $39,326 $37,224↓ $39,326
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,000(N/C)
On-Campus – Room & Board $9,938↓ $9,980
On-Campus – Other Expenses $1,100(N/C)
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board N/A

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$75
Graduate Application Fee$90
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 22,844 (10,255 male / 12,589 female)
Admitted 2,514 (1,290 male / 1,224 female)
Admission rate 11%
First-time Enrollment 1,417 (739 male / 678 female)
FT Enrollment 1,373 (719 male / 654 female)
PT Enrollment 44 (20 male / 24 female)
Total Enrollment24,230

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Columbia University in the City of New York use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Columbia University in the City of New York accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Basketball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Baseball Conference Ivy Group
NCAA Track & Field Conference Ivy Group

ACT Test Admission

21st for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 24%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 28 / 34
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 29 / 34
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 29 / 34

SAT Test Admission

11th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 97%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 680 / 770
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 680 / 780
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1360 / 1550

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity5,200
Meals per WeekN/A
Room Fee$5,954
Board Fee$4,274

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 5,150 780 856 2,170 46 6,914 2,756 18,672
Actuarial Science 34 4 8 46
Advanced General Dentistry (Cert 10 2 2 14
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL 424 42 466
African Studies
African-American/Black Studies 10 4 14
American/United States Studies/Civilization 4 4 10 28 10 56
Anatomy 4 4
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
Animal Genetics
Anthropology 26 12 10 18 2 84 38 190
Applied Mathematics 10 4 32 36 14 96
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 160 2 20 22 62 118 384
Architecture and Related Services, Other 4 4 30 38
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other 2 16 4 8 20 16 66
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 36 2 14 26 124 32 234
Astronomy 4 4 2 2 10 6 28
Astrophysics 10 4 14
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Behavioral Sciences 4 12 16
Biochemistry 8 20 22 2 52
Bioinformatics 10 2 2 8 12 4 38
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 4 2 12 6 24
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 38 4 20 44 74 8 188
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 50 2 14 66 36 34 202
Biometry/Biometrics
Biophysics 2 2 4
Biostatistics 24 2 14 18 2 60
Biotechnology 36 10 20 14 80
Business Administration and Management, General 746 88 54 344 8 736 238 2,214
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 24 12 2 14 42 94
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies 6 4 2 12
Chemical Engineering 34 6 10 36 28 20 134
Chemistry, General 46 2 4 12 36 10 110
Cinematography and Film/Video Production 32 2 6 14 66 22 142
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 156 4 2 20 24 154 360
Civil Engineering, General 40 8 10 12 62 38 170
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 6 18 18 42
Clinical Psychology 20 4 8 32
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 38 2 2 20 80 26 168
Comparative Literature 8 4 14 2 28
Computer Engineering, General 16 2 8 6 8 40
Computer Science 242 2 10 26 78 64 422
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Construction Management 2 24 4 30
Counseling Psychology 16 6 22
Creative Writing 2 14 6 12 110 44 188
Dance, General 2 2 4
Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
Dentistry (DDS, DMD) 38 4 6 56 46 10 160
Development Economics and International Development 4 2 6 4 16
Developmental and Child Psychology
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 18 8 2 4 74 18 124
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 20 2 20 22 8 72
East Asian Studies 22 4 2 22 32 6 88
Ecology 8 12 6 26
Economics, General 146 12 38 76 176 56 504
Education, General
Education, Other 6 2 6 2 4 20
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 8 8 16
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation 12 12
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments 2 2
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 2 2
Educational Psychology 32 2 8 42
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 144 4 36 50 34 268
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert 2 2 2 4 10
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Physics 18 2 2 12 34 4 72
Engineering, Other
English Language and Literature, General 24 24 20 32 202 34 336
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
Environmental Health 4 4 12 32 4 56
Environmental Science 20 2 30 10 62
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 10 4 12 28 14 68
Epidemiology 28 10 10 18 52 24 142
Film/Cinema Studies 10 2 12 24
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
French Language and Literature 10 2 2 4 30 8 56
Genetics, General 8 4 14 2 28
Geology/Earth Science, General 16 2 6 2 56 18 100
German Language and Literature 4 2 2 8 2 18
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other 10 2 12 2 26
History, General 42 24 30 22 2 232 52 404
History, Other 2 2 4
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 12 2 16
Industrial Engineering 190 6 16 16 22 250
Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4 10 14
Information Resources Management/CIO Training 8 4 12 38 32 4 98
Information Technology 4 2 6 4 16
International Relations and Affairs 310 34 36 86 2 258 138 864
Islamic Studies 2 4 2 8
Italian Language and Literature 6 10 4 20
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Journalism 120 18 24 48 212 90 512
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 4 4
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 2 4 36 42
Latin American Studies 2 4 6
Latin Language and Literature
Law (LL 74 64 64 120 6 458 120 906
Legal Professions and Studies, Other
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 8 8 6 18 128 58 226
Library Science/Librarianship
Materials Science 20 4 10 6 40
Mathematical Statistics and Probability 98 2 12 12 2 126
Mathematics Teacher Education 2 2 8 12
Mathematics and Computer Science 2 2
Mathematics and Statistics, Other
Mathematics, General 56 2 4 10 54 4 130
Mechanical Engineering 54 12 10 30 68 24 198
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
Medical Informatics
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) 4 4 8
Medicine (MD) 4 32 20 62 180 18 316
Metallurgical Engineering
Microbiology, General 8 2 10 6 2 28
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 14 4 14 38 12 82
Mining and Mineral Engineering
Music Theory and Composition 6 6 12
Music, General 8 6 2 2 44 8 70
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 4 4
Neuroscience 22 12 6 32 46 20 138
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 2 2 14 2 20
Nuclear Engineering
Nursing Science (MS, PhD) 2 18 4 24
Nursing, Other 10 12 12 36 2 190 76 338
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 8 10 34 188 90 330
Nutrition Sciences 14 4 4 30 36 48 136
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 4 2 18 38 10 72
Operations Research 228 4 6 48 38 36 360
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert 4 4 6 14
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 14 2 2 18
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert 6 4 2 12
Pharmacology 2 2 2 8 4 18
Philosophy 8 4 4 8 44 18 86
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other 4 4 8 18 6 40
Physical Sciences, Other 14 12 2 28
Physical Therapy/Therapist 2 2 68 8 80
Physics, General 30 2 8 2 28 14 84
Physiology, General 8 2 2 12
Political Science and Government, General 72 38 34 28 6 204 60 442
Portuguese Language and Literature
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert 6 2 8
Psychology, General 14 28 26 16 2 84 30 200
Psychology, Other 4 4 8
Public Administration 296 20 38 32 164 60 610
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 56 44 58 98 4 264 94 618
Religion/Religious Studies 14 2 2 30 10 58
Russian Language and Literature 2 2
Russian Studies 4 12 2 18
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 4 4 18 26
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 14 2 18
Social Psychology
Social Sciences, General 4 4
Social Sciences, Other 2 4 2 32 10 50
Social Work 58 62 50 82 2 476 108 838
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education 2 2 6 10
Sociology 30 12 10 4 2 28 24 110
South Asian Studies 4 2 2 8
Spanish Language and Literature 6 8 18 18 6 56
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management 2 2 16 2 22
Statistics, General 202 6 4 34 34 16 296
Toxicology
Urban Studies/Affairs 2 12 4 2 8 8 36
Visual and Performing Arts, Other 18 2 8 10 2 58 18 116
Western European Studies 2 10 2 14

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Columbia University in the City of New York 18th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $126,417 ($137,566 male / $102,647 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,422 (968 male / 454 female)
Number of PT Faculty 1,152
FT Faculty Ratio 1 : 1
Total Benefits $38,726,115

Local News for Columbia University in the City of New York

Columbia U. administration quiet about controversial professor

Columbia University Middle East and Asian languages and cultures professor Joseph Massad is said to have been granted tenure earlier this summer, though mum’s still the word from the university about the status of his employment.

Columbia U. endowment down 16.1 percent

Columbia University officials released a statement on Friday—shortly after Harvard’s and Yale’s announcements of endowment losses—indicating that the university’s endowment losses for the year ending June 30 was 16.1 percent, leaving a preliminary unaudited endowment value estimate at slightly more than $5.7 billion.

NY governor addresses Columbia U. Medical Center

Controversy did not stop Paterson from appearing at the Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights Tuesday to herald the arrival of $600 million in federal stimulus money intended for medical research projects across New York State.

This website and associated pages are not associated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Columbia University in the City of New York.
StateUniversity.com has no official or unofficial affiliation with Columbia University in the City of New York.


App_store_badge

Click here to download our new iPhone/iPod app.
Find the closest or best matched schools for you!