Columbia University

New York, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
3.9%
2,325 admitted
SAT · 50th
1540
Range 1510–1560
6-yr grad
96.0%
Retention 98.0%
Undergrads
9,164
6:1 S-F
Admissions
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3.8% / 4.4%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications60,247
Overall admit rate3.9%
In-state admit rate3.8%
Out-of-state admit rate4.4%
Enrolled1,483 · 63.8% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Important factorsTest scores
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1540
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1510–1560 · 44.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760780
Math770790800
Comp151015401560
ACT
255075
Comp343536
Cost & aid
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$70,170
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$70,170
Fees$4,010
Room & board$18,680
Books$1,282
Avg need-based grant$73,702
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$36,069
Academics
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6 : 1
student-faculty ratio
98.0% retention
Student-faculty6 : 1
Retention98.0%
4-year graduation83.0%
6-year graduation96.0%
Enrollment
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9,164
undergraduates
80.0% out-of-state · 250 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates9,164
First-year1,483
Transfer298
Full-time93%
Out-of-state80.0%
International (freshmen)250
Rankings
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#2
Forbes
America's Top Colleges
SourceListRankYr
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#226
NicheBest Colleges in America#626
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#826
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#1526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#1626
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#1826
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#2126
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceThe Ivy League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$85
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJanuary 1 → April 1 → May 1
Early decisionNovember 1 → December 15 · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 4 Math, 3 Sci, 3 SciLab, 3 FL, 3 Hist
Admissions URLhttps://undergrad.admissions.columbia.ed…
Admissions emailugrad-ask@columbia.edu
Admissions phone212-854-2522
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Harvard University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Stanford University CA · Private (nonprofit)3.8%15507K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
Brown University RI · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15407K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Columbia University

4 years of Columbia University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.