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Columbia University

Columbia University
116th St and Broadway
New York, NY 10027

Website: https://www.columbia.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 9,157
Full-time undergraduates: 8,337
Part-time undergraduates: 670
Part-time graduate students: 2,887 men
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
21.8% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.9% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
26.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
16.3% Nonresident Alien
2.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 36 acres
Nearest major city: New York City

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 90%
Percent of students who live off campus: 10%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 371
Other computer facilities/services: University Library holdings
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Community Service; Cultural Organization ; Performing Arts ; Athletics; Publications

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's basketball  
Men's crewyes 
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's fencing  
Men's football  
Men's golf  
Men's rowing  
Men's rowingyes 
Men's soccer  
Men's squash  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's wrestling  
Women's archery  
Women's basketball  
Women's crewyes 
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country running  
Women's fencing  
Women's field hockey  
Women's golf  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's rowing  
Women's rowingyes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's squash  
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's tennis  
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyball  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; archery; badminton; basketball; equestrian sports; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; sailing; soccer; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; triathlon; skiing (downhill); table tennis

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 60% within six months of graduation

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