17%
of Columbia students are the first generation in their families to go to college
4,500
Columbia College undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
139
faculty in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
60+
majors in the humanities and social sciences
12+
conservatory-caliber arts majors and programs
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.
13
Graduate and Professional Schools
≈50
foreign languages offered
≈100
Programs of study, from Earth and Environmental Engineering to Creative Writing to Urban Studies
8
million people living in NYC, an amazing percentage of whom are experts, visionaries and global leaders
40
Broadway theatres across NYC
1,000+
restaurants in NYC
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
$150 Million
awarded in financial aid grants
4th
largest international student population of any U.S. university
$13 million
awarded in international financial aid for Columbia undergraduates this year
100+
countries represented amongst undergraduates
17%
of Columbia students receive Pell Grant funds.
40+
religious/spiritual campus organizations
9
Supreme Court Justices attended Columbia
91%
admit rate for M.D./Ph.D programs
60
members of the National Academy of Sciences
19
members of the National Academy of Engineering
50%
Undergraduates who major in science or engineering, creating an active community of inquiry of both faculty and students.
31,000+
Columbia Engineering alumni network
45+
club sports
48
NCAA individual championships
14
NCAA team championships
109
Ivy League individual championships in the last five years
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
40+
intramural sports
31
NCAA Division I sports
45
Olympians
23
majors in all branches of the biological, natural and physical sciences
200+
research institutes and centers, including a wide range of world-class laboratories
1,500
Columbia Engineering undergraduates to call your friends, classmates and teammates.
9
academic departments in Columbia Engineering
16
engineering majors, all with faculty and students doing world-class research
82%
admit rate to medical school, almost twice the national average
3 to 1
student to faculty ratio in the physical sciences
1,000+
active patents across the full spectrum of research areas
$1 billion
in sponsored research projects each year in over 200 research centers and institutes
$52,073
the amount of grants and scholarships in the average Columbia financial aid package
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
First
gay-rights advocacy group on any college campus
First
African American advocacy group on a multi-racial campus in the U.S.
13
environmental and outdoor clubs
50%
of Columbia students receive need-based financial aid.
≈310,000
University alumni network
≈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
22
libraries
95%
of all undergraduates live on campus all four years; housing is guaranteed for all four years
6,000
undergraduates; one of the most diverse student bodies in the country
20+
residence halls
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.
43%
of incoming Columbia Engineering students are women
1000s
of internships offered through the Center of Career Education
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