New York, NY · Private nonprofit
4%
Acceptance rate
1,547
SAT Average
$20,148
Avg net price
8,899
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,496Master’s 10,423Doctoral 1,606 |
| Bachelor’s 671Master’s 704Doctoral 75 |
| Bachelor’s 400Master’s 1,160Doctoral 41 |
| Bachelor’s 302Master’s 1,170Doctoral 116 |
| Bachelor’s 179Master’s 459Doctoral 112 |
| Bachelor’s 128Master’s 138Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 127Master’s 202Doctoral 26 |
| Bachelor’s 122Master’s 885Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 116Master’s 6Doctoral 38 |
| Bachelor’s 112Master’s 499Doctoral 38 |
| Bachelor’s 95Master’s 54Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 64Master’s 100Doctoral 70 |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s 85Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s 28Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 58Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s 428Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 53Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 814Doctoral 473 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 2Doctoral 23 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 1,934Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 958Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 331Doctoral 459 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 286Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 66Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Columbia University-Barnard College
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- The Ivy League
Projected sponsored sports26
Athletic participation
799 unique student-athletes · 27 varsity teams
Early Decision
Binding · Early Decision financial aid application deadline due Nov 15
Regular Decision
Regular Decision financial aid application deadline due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $68,000
- Required fees
- $3,845
- Food and housing
- $17,580
- Books and supplies
- $1,440
- Other expenses
- $1,508
- Total
- $92,373
- $79,7522019–2019–20
- $77,6032020–2120–21
- $82,5842021–2221–22
- $86,0972022–2322–23
- $89,5872023–2423–24
- $92,3732024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $20,148 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2024–25
- First-years with need-based aid
- 49%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $76,553
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, State aid form, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Columbia University in the City of New York’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 4 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2024–25).
Columbia University in the City of New York admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 4 years of Common Data Set filings.
Columbia University in the City of New York runs one binding Early Decision round. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Columbia University in the City of New York admits in-state applicants at 3.8%, out-of-state applicants at 4.4%, and international applicants at 2.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,483 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 29% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
44% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
17% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 25.7% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 25.7% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Columbia University in the City of New York rates 7 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Columbia University in the City of New York leaves 4 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the merit-aid figures, there’s no read on non-need scholarship availability.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21)
Columbia University in the City of New York’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $94,142 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $20,148 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 734 of 1,483 first-years in the 2024–25 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2024–25
Cost of attendance $94,142
Averages among the 734 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed97.2% of Columbia University in the City of New York’s first-years return for a second year and 95% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03