98
Pulitzer Prize winners
500+
clubs and organizations – the most interesting, rewarding, close-knit and fun Columbia micro-communities
6,000
undergraduates; one of the most diverse student bodies in the country
22
libraries
20+
residence halls
95%
of all undergraduates live on campus all four years; housing is guaranteed for all four years
45
members of the National Academy of Sciences
13
Graduate and Professional Schools
9
academic departments in Columbia Engineering
200+
research institutes and centers, including a wide range of world-class laboratories
50%
Undergraduates who major in science or engineering, creating an active community of inquiry of both faculty and students.
84%
admit rate to medical school, almost twice the national average
18
engineering areas of study, all doing world-class research
1,500
Columbia Engineering undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
40,000+
Columbia Engineering Alumni Network
20
members of the National Academy of Engineering, 13% of Columbia Engineering faculty (one of the highest percentages of any engineering faculty)
≈$1 Billion
in sponsored research projects each year in over 200 research centers and institutes
600
different patents (at last count) are held by Columbia, which generate $1.75 billion in gross revenue from work conducted by faculty members and students.
87%
admit rate for M.D./Ph.D programs in the past five years
22
majors in all branches of the biological, natural and physical sciences
≈100
Programs of study, from Earth and Environmental Engineering to Creative Writing to Urban Studies
143
faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
82
Nobel Prize winners are Columbia alumni, faculty or former faculty. More Nobel Laureates have graduated from or taught at Columbia than any other University in the Ivy League.
3 to 1
student to faculty ratio in the physical sciences
4,500
Columbia College undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
15%
of Columbia students are the first generation in their families to go to college
17%
of Columbia students receive Pell Grant funds.
17,000
seats in the stadium at Baker Field, home to Columbia's seat stadium at Baker Field, home to Columbia's football, baseball, softball, rowing, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and track and field teams
60+
social justice, service and student-led initiatives, clubs and organizations
55
National Science Foundation Scholarships won by undergraduates to attend graduate school since 2000
200+
study-abroad programs through the Office of Global Programs
50%+
of Columbia students self-identify as students of color.
40
Broadway theatres across NYC
1,000+
restaurants in NYC
8
million people living in NYC, an amazing percentage of whom are experts, visionaries and global leaders
1,700
public parks and playgrounds across the city
150
museums and countless galleries across NYC
30+
museums accessible for free with a Columbia ID
100+
service and research partnerships across New York City
45
Olympians
First
African American advocacy group on a multi-racial campus in the U.S.
43%
of incoming Columbia Engineering students are women
80%
of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students
≈50
foreign languages offered
1000s
of internships offered through the Center of Career Education
≈400
research opportunities reserved for Columbia Engineering students through the Undergraduate Research Involvement Program
60+
majors in the humanities and social sciences
12+
conservatory-caliber arts majors and programs
15
Ivy League Championship teams in the last five years
First
gay-rights advocacy group on any college campus
13
environmental and outdoor clubs
40+
religious/spiritual campus organizations
31
NCAA Division I sports
47
NCAA individual championships
13
NCAA team championships
40+
intramural sports
45+
club sports
6 to 1
student to faculty ratio
5th
largest international student population of any U.S. university
$122 Million
awarded in financial aid grants in 2011-2012
First
university in the U.S. to award a Ph.D. in chemistry to an African American woman
First
university to have 1,000 international students (in 1953)
250,000+
University alumni network
5
Founding Fathers of the United States attended Columbia
34
Presidents and Prime Ministers attended Columbia
9
Supreme Court Justices attended Columbia
35,000+
Undergraduate alumni network
90+
countries represented amongst undergraduates