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Student Population

Student Population at Columbia University

Total Enrollment

35,173

Undergraduate

9,164

Graduate

26,009

Online Enrollment

1,499

Men Students

15,887

Women Students

19,286

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 35,173 students have enrolled at Columbia University in the City of New York - 9,164 undergraduate and 26,009 graduate.

By gender, 15,887 male and 19,286 female students are attending Columbia University in the City of New York. By attendance status, there are 28,886 full-time students and 6,287 part-time students.

The number of students at Columbia University in the City of New York is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as California Institute of Technology and Princeton University, its population is very large (average population is 13,624).

Columbia University in the City of New York offers online degree/certificate programs and 1,499 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Columbia University's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York.

Columbia University has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 13,624 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Columbia University in the City of New York	35,173	9,164	26,009
Similarly Ranked Schools	13,624	6,221	7,403
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York	2,948	2,336	1,430

The below chart compares the student population between Columbia University in the City of New York and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 15,887 male and 19,286 female students attending Columbia University. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.82 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Columbia University.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Columbia University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,164	8,489	675
Men	4,605	4,282	323
Women	4,559	4,207	352

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Columbia University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	26,009	20,397	5,612
Men	11,282	8,751	2,531
Women	14,727	11,646	3,081

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,943 White students (22.58%) and 4,664 Asian students (13.26%) at Columbia University in the City of New York(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	23	8	15
Asian	1,681	791	890
Black or African American	674	276	398
Hispanic	1,381	690	691
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	10	7
White	2,576	1,401	1,175
Two or More Races	562	266	296
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	371	220	151
Total	9,164	4,605	4,559

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	25	9	16
Asian	2,983	1,155	1,828
Black or African American	1,164	396	768
Hispanic	1,544	550	994
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	10	8
White	5,367	2,238	3,129
Two or More Races	615	231	384
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	2,360	1,061	1,299
Total	26,009	11,282	14,727

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 19,440 students whose age under twenty five and 5,811 students whose age is over thirty years old at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Especially, 137 students are younger than eighteen and 37 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Population by Student Age at Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,164	4,605	4,559
Under 18	136	64	72
18-19	2,804	1,312	1,492
20-21	3,646	1,740	1,906
22-24	1,322	788	534
25-29	684	379	305
30-34	293	189	104
35-39	124	70	54
40-49	97	38	59
50-64	49	23	26
65 and over	7	2	5
unknown	2	0	2
Total	9,164	4,605	4,559

Population by Student Age at Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,009	11,282	14,727
Under 18	1	1	0
18-19	36	25	11
20-21	632	250	382
22-24	10,863	4,584	6,279
25-29	9,236	4,027	5,209
30-34	3,104	1,470	1,634
35-39	1,104	489	615
40-49	725	328	397
50-64	278	100	178
65 and over	30	8	22
Total	26,009	11,282	14,727

Online Student Population

At Columbia University in the City of New York, 4,018 students (11.42% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,499 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 563 students live in New York where Columbia University in the City of New York is located in and 860 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	35,173	9,164	26,009
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	1,499	4	1,495
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	2,519	64	2,455
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	31,155	9,096	22,059

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	1,499	4	1,495
New York Residents	563	4	559
Other State in U.S.	860	0	860
Outside of U.S.	76	0	76
Unknown	0	0	0