Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York, also known as Columbia University, is a private university in the United States. It is a member of the Ivy League. It was originally established as King's College by the Church of England in 1754. The main campus covers an area of 32 acres. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

Columbia College
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
The School of General Studies
Columbia Law School
Columbia Business School
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
School of Nursing
Mailman School of Public Health
Graduate School of Journalism
School of International and Public Affairs
The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The School of the Arts
Columbia University School of Social Work
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Additionally, Columbia offers undergraduate and graduate programs through affiliated institutions, including:

Barnard College
Jewish Theological Seminary
Teachers College
Columbia Law School

Columbia University's major publications include the Columbia Daily Spectator, the Current, the Columbian, the Columbia Observer, and the Columbia Science Review, to name a few. The university is home to many fraternities, sororities, and co-educational Greek organizations. The Greek life on campus has participation of nearly 10–15% of undergraduate students.

Campus Location

116 St and Broadway
New York, NY 10027
USA
Main Tel: (212) 854-1754
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Columbia University Highlights

Where Columbia University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in medicine, law, religion and philosophy, mathematics, drama and performing arts, architecture and planning, family and social work, and engineering.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High faculty salary.
Selective admissions.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Large number of students.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
High male/female ratio.
Racially diverse student body.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Master	5,134	100
Bachelor	1,950	65
Post-master's certificate	685	101
First-professional degree	635	3
Doctorale	568	90
Postbaccalaureate certificate	142	1
First-professional certificate	45	4
1-2 year certificate	34	1

Columbia Students

The student enrollment at Columbia was 22,655 in 2007 (20,719 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 32% of enrolled students, graduate students are 59%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 9%.

About 12% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 88% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 37,223
Room	$ 5,809
Board	$ 4,128
Books and supplies	$ 1,000
Other	$ 1,100

Financial Aid: Columbia participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Columbia:

School	Location	Enrollment
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	25,690
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	11,847
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	9,334
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	14,538
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	19,782
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	19,682
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	10,326
Brown University	Providence, RI	8,167
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	6,566
Duke University	Durham, NC	13,598

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		875
Without tenure; working toward tenure		802
Without tenure; tenure not available		1,833

Housing and Meals

Columbia provides on-campus housing for 5,100 of its 20,719 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Columbia Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Columbia is in the Ivy Group for major sports.

Columbia Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	13%
Women	10%
All	12%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	660-760
Math	670-780
Writing	660-750

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (421 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
Architecture and Related Services
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,180 awarded)

Business Administration and Management
Information Resources Management/CIO Training
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (284 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (100 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (51 awarded)

Education
Education/Teaching Individuals - Orthopedic/Oth Phys Impairments
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
Educational Leadership and Administration
Mathematics Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

ENGINEERING (796 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Physics
Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Mining and Mineral Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Operations Research

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (648 awarded)

Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS (114 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine Arts and Art Studies

LAW (648 awarded)

Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,966 awarded)

African Studies
African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
East Asian Studies
Economics
English Language and Literature
English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Library Science/Librarianship
Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Language and Literature
Russian Studies
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Social Sciences
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Spanish Language and Literature
Urban Studies/Affairs
Western European Studies

MATHEMATICS (247 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (358 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (46 awarded)

Environmental Health
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
Medical Informatics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (40 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Dental Assisting/Assistant

MEDICINE (680 awarded)

Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (35 awarded)

Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music Theory and Composition
Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (473 awarded)

Nursing
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (94 awarded)

Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Nutrition Sciences
Occupational Therapy/Therapist

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (52 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (128 awarded)

Islamic Studies
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (652 awarded)

Anatomy
Animal Genetics
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biometry/Biometrics
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Chemistry
Ecology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Geology/Earth Science
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Microbiology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physiology
Toxicology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (180 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Developmental and Child Psychology
Educational Psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Physical Therapy/Therapist
Psychology
Social Psychology