Columbia University: Statistics
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| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 9 of 13,329 | In the World |
| # 7 of 2,137 | In North America |
| # 7 of 2,128 | In the United States |
| # 2 of 111 | In New York State |
| # 1 of 31 | In New York City |
| # 1 of 1,468 | For Media Studies |
| Top 1-3 | For 12 other topics |
Quick Review
Acceptance rate
4%
Enrollment
29,640
Average SAT
1,545
Average ACT
35
Avg. cost to attend
$22,520 /y
Aid receiving
57%
Undergraduates
9,164
Graduates
26,009
Male:Female Ratio
45:55
Type
Privatenot-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
Columbia University has an acceptance rate of 4% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Applicants | 60,115 | 26,607 | 32,507 |
| Admissions | 2,400 | 1,122 | 1,226 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,519 | 779 | 713 |
Admissions requirements
| College-preparatory program | Required |
|---|---|
| Recommendations | Required |
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school rank | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Considered but not required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| TOEFL | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| ■ White | 23% |
|---|---|
| ■ Nonresident Alien | 39% |
| ■ Asian | 13% |
| ■ Hispanic | 8% |
| ■ Black or African American | 5% |
| ■ Two or more races | 3% |
| ■ Unknown | 8% |
Columbia University majors
Columbia University has granted 2,433 bachelor's degrees across 67 programs, 10,646 master's across 121 programs, and 1,591 doctorate degrees across 87 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Columbia University.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | - | 1,621 | 5 |
| Computer Science | 408 | 403 | 29 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | - | 720 | - |
| Social Work | - | 546 | 10 |
| Law | - | - | 523 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 240 | 164 | 22 |
| Public Administration | - | 409 | - |
| Operations Research | 50 | 326 | 6 |
| Statistics, General | 27 | 335 | 8 |
| Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General | - | 337 | 3 |
| Public Health, General | - | 318 | 5 |
| Sustainability Studies | 43 | 273 | 5 |
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | - | 307 | - |
| Political Science and Government, General | 201 | 49 | 17 |
| International Relations and Affairs | - | 266 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 24 | 224 | 15 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology | - | 259 | - |
| Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 144 | 10 |
| Journalism, Other | - | 230 | - |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 55 | 143 | 29 |
| Data Science, General | 5 | 203 | - |
| Business Analytics | - | 184 | - |
| Epidemiology | - | 167 | 13 |
| Creative Writing | 37 | 114 | - |
| History, General | 90 | 45 | 16 |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | - | 148 | - |
| Chemical Engineering | 14 | 122 | 10 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 93 | 28 | 23 |
| Medicine | - | - | 142 |
| Neuroscience | 104 | 14 | 22 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 18 | 115 | 5 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 116 | 7 | 9 |
| Biostatistics | - | 119 | 6 |
| Nursing Practice | - | - | 125 |
| Industrial Engineering | 4 | 114 | - |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 54 | 56 | 3 |
| Real Estate Development | - | 108 | - |
| Mathematical Statistics and Probability | - | 103 | - |
| Dentistry | - | - | 97 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | 68 | 28 | - |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 54 | 19 | 21 |
| Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration & Management | - | 92 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences | - | 88 | 3 |
| Information Technology Project Management | - | 89 | - |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 4 | 69 | 4 |
| Cinematography and Film & Video Production | - | 76 | - |
| Climate Science | - | 76 | - |
| Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering | 20 | 52 | 4 |
| Social Sciences, Other | 33 | 42 | - |
| Sociology, General | 44 | 18 | 12 |
| Physical Therapy & Therapist | - | - | 71 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration & Management | - | 64 | - |
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | - | 58 | 5 |
| Anthropology, General | 18 | 31 | 13 |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | - | 58 | 4 |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 26 | 22 | 13 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 25 | 36 | - |
| Occupational Therapy & Therapist | - | 53 | 8 |
| Philosophy | 36 | 19 | 6 |
| Environmental Studies | - | 55 | - |
| Mathematics, General | 42 | 7 | 6 |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 21 | 17 | 13 |
| Physics, General | 25 | 14 | 12 |
| Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General | - | 48 | - |
| Non-Profit & Public & Organizational Management | - | 48 | - |
| Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | 23 | 24 |
| Economics, General | 37 | - | 7 |
| Engineering Physics & Applied Physics | 11 | 28 | 5 |
| Business Statistics | - | 38 | 4 |
| Social Sciences, General | - | 37 | 4 |
| Environmental Health | - | 32 | 3 |
| Music, General | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | 22 | 10 |
| Comparative Literature | 30 | - | - |
| Chemistry, General | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| Dispute Resolution | - | 29 | - |
| Bioethics & Medical Ethics | - | 28 | - |
| Finance, General | - | 27 | - |
| Historic Preservation and Conservation, General | - | 26 | - |
| American & United States Studies & Civilization | 12 | 13 | - |
| Construction Management, General | - | 25 | - |
| East Asian Studies | 16 | 9 | - |
| Biotechnology | - | 24 | - |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 24 | - | - |
| Biochemistry | 23 | - | - |
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | - | 23 | - |
| Materials Science | 3 | 17 | 2 |
| Astrophysics | 21 | - | - |
| French Language and Literature | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| Architecture | 17 | - | 3 |
| Middle & Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Information Technology | - | 19 | - |
| Medical & Health Humanities | - | 19 | - |
| Western European Studies | - | 19 | - |
| Actuarial Science | - | 18 | - |
| Bioinformatics | - | 12 | 5 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia | - | 17 | - |
| Insurance | - | 17 | - |
| History, Other | - | 16 | - |
| Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | - | 14 | - |
| Education, Other | - | 6 | 8 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications, Other | - | 13 | - |
| Conservation Biology | - | 13 | - |
| Islamic Studies | - | 13 | - |
| Cognitive Science, General | 12 | - | - |
| Educational Psychology | - | - | 12 |
| Genetic Counseling & Counselor | - | 12 | - |
| Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | - | 12 | - |
| Religion & Religious Studies | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Genetics, General | - | 6 | 5 |
| Information Science & Studies | 11 | - | - |
| Urban Studies & Affairs | 11 | - | - |
| Astronomy | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Clinical Psychology | - | - | 10 |
| Ethnic Studies | 10 | - | - |
| Linguistics | 10 | - | - |
| Pathology & Experimental Pathology | - | 6 | 4 |
| German Language and Literature | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | 9 | - | - |
| Physical Sciences, Other | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Education & Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances | - | - | 8 |
| Environmental Science | 8 | - | - |
| Orthodontics & Orthodontology | - | 8 | - |
| African-American & Black Studies | 5 | 2 | - |
| Architectural History and Criticism, General | - | 7 | - |
| Italian Language and Literature | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Nursing Science | - | - | 7 |
| Biophysics | 6 | - | - |
| Ecology | - | 3 | 3 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 6 | - | - |
| Latin American Studies | 2 | 4 | - |
| Microbiology, General | - | 2 | 4 |
| Music Theory and Composition | - | - | 6 |
| Physiology, General | - | 5 | 1 |
| Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education | - | - | 6 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | - | - | 6 |
| South Asian Studies | - | 5 | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature | - | 2 | 3 |
| Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | - | - | 4 |
| Humanities & Humanistic Studies | 2 | 2 | - |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | - | - | 4 |
| Counseling Psychology | - | - | 3 |
| Dance, General | 3 | - | - |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | - | - | 3 |
| Digital Arts | - | 3 | - |
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | - | - | 3 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | - | - | 3 |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | - | - | 3 |
| Ancient Studies & Civilization | 2 | - | - |
| Behavioral Sciences | - | - | 2 |
| Jewish & Judaic Studies | - | 2 | - |
| Pharmacology | - | 1 | 1 |
| Psychology, Other | - | - | 2 |
| Business Administration and Management, General | - | 1 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | - | 1 |
| Periodontics & Periodontology | - | 1 | - |
| Physics, Other | - | 1 | - |
| Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies | - | 1 | - |
| Grand Total | 2,433 | 10,646 | 1,591 |
Publications & Citations
Columbia University is a world-class research university with 360,747 scientific papers published and 18,014,522 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Computer Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Psychology, Environmental Science, and Genetics.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
194,923
/ 11,619,658
|
|---|---|
| Medicine |
183,273
/ 10,036,037
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
160,626
/ 7,188,283
|
| Computer Science |
141,595
/ 7,594,812
|
| Chemistry |
139,053
/ 8,655,927
|
| Engineering |
121,219
/ 6,283,812
|
| Physics |
120,654
/ 6,472,446
|
| Psychology |
109,636
/ 6,208,150
|
| Environmental Science |
103,671
/ 5,251,461
|
| Genetics |
100,737
/ 6,417,824
|
| Biochemistry |
90,363
/ 6,199,685
|
| Political Science |
83,354
/ 3,365,227
|
| Pathology |
80,955
/ 4,904,224
|
| Law |
77,067
/ 3,270,417
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
76,146
/ 4,111,932
|
| Sociology |
73,298
/ 3,437,095
|
| Mathematics |
69,629
/ 3,665,584
|
| Philosophy |
66,124
/ 2,900,483
|
| Psychiatry |
64,412
/ 3,866,411
|
| Geography and Cartography |
58,996
/ 2,884,245
|
| Geology |
56,763
/ 3,196,684
|
| Statistics |
54,844
/ 3,019,953
|
| Organic chemistry |
53,419
/ 3,248,905
|
| Economics |
47,366
/ 2,300,050
|
| Neuroscience |
46,631
/ 3,039,866
|
| Business |
46,313
/ 2,277,441
|
| Materials Science |
45,790
/ 2,481,372
|
| History |
45,731
/ 1,795,212
|
| Surgery |
45,683
/ 2,200,619
|
| Ecology |
37,827
/ 2,230,077
|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
37,439
/ 1,888,341
|
| Paleontology |
35,880
/ 2,079,650
|
| Optics |
34,827
/ 1,910,474
|
| Public Health |
34,177
/ 1,998,407
|
| Archaeology |
34,019
/ 1,588,989
|
| Immunology |
32,567
/ 1,925,374
|
| Linguistics |
31,866
/ 1,439,711
|
| Demography |
29,430
/ 1,776,100
|
| Radiology |
28,207
/ 1,329,642
|
| Art & Design |
25,555
/ 931,650
|
Annual publication & citation counts
100 Notable alumni
1. Mark A. Milley
1958-. (aged 68)
army officer
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2. Spencer Treat Clark
1987-. (aged 39)
film actor
actor
television actor
Spencer Treat Clark is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his roles in the 2000 films Gladiator and Unbreakable. He has since appeared in the films Mystic River (2003), The Last House on the Left (2009), Much Ado About Nothing (2012), and the Unbreakable sequel Glass (2019).
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3. James Mangold
1963-. (aged 63)
film screenwriter
film producer
film director
actor
director
James Allen Mangold is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Noted for his versatility in tackling a range of genres, Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy (1995), and gained recognition for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Knight and Day (2010), and two...
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4. Hari Nef
1992-. (aged 34)
writer
model
television actor
actor
Hari Nef is an American actress, model, and writer. Nef's breakthrough role was Gittel in the Amazon original series Transparent, for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016.
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General Info & Contacts
Alternative names
Columbia University
Founded
1754
Motto
In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen
Colors
columbia blue, white
Academic calendar
September to May
Total staff
21,288
Classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Address
West 116 St and Broadway New York, New York, 10027 United States
City Population
8,804,000
Phone
2128541754
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