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Rating
Private
Type
33,301
Students
$58,920
Tuition
5%
Acceptance
#9
Ranking
Large City
Campus Setting
Columbia University in the City of New York is a very large private university located in New York, NY ranked 9thin the United States. It has a total of 8,628 full-time undergraduate students and is highly competitive, accepting 5.45% of applicants. Columbia University in the City of New York offers 467 different majors and is best known for its sustainability studies, art history, and slavic baltic and albanian languages literatures and linguistics programs, which are all nationally ranked 1st. With a tuition cost of $58,920 per year, Columbia University in the City of New York is exceptionally high-priced. 78.72% of students graduate ready to the next stage of their lives, employment. After graduation, alumni go on to earn about $83,300 per year, which is 101% above the national median.
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National Average
$79,752/year
Total annual cost including tuition, books and living expenses; excluding any financial aid, grants or scholarships.
$37,967/year
Average annual cost including tuition, books and living expenses after financial aid, grants or scholarships.
Columbia University in the City of New York
National
1440 - 1570
65% of students submit
63%
31 - 35
45% of students submit
Required
$85
Full-Time
Part-Time
53%
83%
47%
15%
14%
1%
10% Business Administration and Management, General
6% Computer Science
5% Social Work
80% Others
10%
1195 Graduates
6%
680 Graduates
5%
569 Graduates
4%
497 Graduates
4%
451 Graduates
4%
436 Graduates
3%
412 Graduates
3%
309 Graduates
Students
Professors
6
10,807,656
$96,463
98%
Total spend on salaries and wages to all employees, faculty, staff, per student.
High retention indicates students are generally satisfied with their experience.
Columbia University in the City of New York
National
$66,500
2 Years After Graduation
1%
$83,300
6 Years After Graduation
78%