First
gay-rights advocacy group on any college campus
13
environmental and outdoor clubs
500+
clubs and organizations – the most interesting, rewarding, close-knit and fun Columbia micro-communities
60+
social justice, service and student-led initiatives, clubs and organizations
40+
religious/spiritual campus organizations
First
African American advocacy group on a multi-racial campus in the U.S.
100+
service and research partnerships across New York City
1,500
Columbia Engineering undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
16
engineering majors, all with faculty and students doing world-class research
13
Graduate and Professional Schools
31,000+
Columbia Engineering alumni network
200+
research institutes and centers, including a wide range of world-class laboratories
82%
admit rate to medical school, almost twice the national average
60
members of the National Academy of Sciences
19
members of the National Academy of Engineering
9
academic departments in Columbia Engineering
139
faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
50%
Undergraduates who major in science or engineering, creating an active community of inquiry of both faculty and students.
3 to 1
student to faculty ratio in the physical sciences
≈100
Programs of study, from Earth and Environmental Engineering to Creative Writing to Urban Studies
91%
admit rate for M.D./Ph.D programs
$1 billion
in sponsored research projects each year in over 200 research centers and institutes
22
majors in all branches of the biological, natural and physical 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.
1,000+
active patents across the full spectrum of research areas
4,500
Columbia College undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
60+
majors in the humanities and social sciences
12+
conservatory-caliber arts majors and programs
≈50
foreign languages offered
$11 million
awarded in international financial aid for Columbia undergraduates this year
3rd
largest international student population of any U.S. university
$140 Million
awarded in financial aid grants
$47,490
the amount of grants and scholarships in the average Columbia financial aid package
8
million people living in NYC, an amazing percentage of whom are experts, visionaries and global leaders
40
Broadway theatres across NYC
30+
museums accessible for free with a Columbia ID
1,000+
restaurants in NYC
150
museums and countless galleries across NYC
1,700
public parks and playgrounds across the city
50%
of Columbia students receive need-based financial aid.
109
Ivy League individual championships in the last five years
48
NCAA individual championships
14
NCAA team championships
17,000
seats in the stadium at Baker Field, home to Columbia's football, baseball, softball, rowing, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and track and field teams
≈310,000
University alumni network
14%
of Columbia students are the first generation in their families to go to college
≈400
research opportunities reserved for Columbia Engineering students through the Student Research Involvement Program
80%+
of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students
90+
Pulitzer Prize winners
60,000+
Undergraduate alumni
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
17%
of Columbia students receive Pell Grant funds.
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.
45
Olympians
43%
of incoming Columbia Engineering students are women
1000s
of internships offered through the Center of Career Education
40+
intramural sports
31
NCAA Division I sports
45+
club sports
6 to 1
student to faculty ratio
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)
5
Founding Fathers of the United States attended Columbia
34
Presidents and Prime Ministers attended Columbia
9
Supreme Court Justices attended Columbia
90+
countries represented amongst undergraduates