Columbia College
About
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States.
Outcomes & equity
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
What families actually pay
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Faculty
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Columbia College vs IPEDS peer group
The peer institutions Columbia College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectColumbia College | 27% | — | 2,828 | $15,468 | Community College |
Atlantic Cape Community College | — | — | 4,052 | $8,502 | Community College |
Black River Technical College | — | — | 1,705 | $6,053 | Community College |
Carl Albert State College | — | — | 1,851 | $6,855 | Community College |
Cleveland State Community College | — | 100.0% | 3,282 | $6,183 | Community College |
Coffeyville Community College | — | — | 1,466 | $5,481 | Community College |
Copper Mountain Community College | — | — | 2,019 | $7,962 | Community College |
Crafton Hills College | — | — | 6,768 | $10,655 | Community College |
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College | — | — | 1,048 | $5,643 | Community College |
Dyersburg State Community College | — | — | 3,296 | $4,322 | Community College |
Eastern Oklahoma State College | — | — | 1,285 | $11,020 | Community College |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | — | — | 1,865 | $7,803 | Community College |
Garden City Community College | — | — | 2,079 | $8,681 | Community College |
Garrett College | — | — | 679 | $6,396 | Community College |
Gavilan College | — | — | 6,083 | $2,244 | Community College |
Holyoke Community College | — | — | 4,200 | $6,860 | Community College |
Marion Military Institute | — | 97.0% | 332 | $10,137 | Community College |
Mineral Area College | — | — | 2,447 | $11,123 | Community College |
Murray State College | — | — | 2,949 | $15,071 | Community College |
Napa Valley College | — | — | 4,844 | $14,046 | Community College |
Orange County Community College | — | — | 5,704 | $7,442 | Community College |
Ozarka College | — | — | 1,069 | $4,396 | Community College |
Ranger College | — | — | 2,522 | $6,565 | Community College |
Roane State Community College | — | 99.6% | 5,002 | $6,017 | Community College |
Roanoke-Chowan Community College | — | — | 668 | $8,076 | Community College |
Roxbury Community College | — | — | 2,044 | $12,544 | Community College |
Seminole State College | — | — | 1,488 | $15,328 | Community College |
SUNY Adirondack | — | — | 2,576 | $10,363 | Community College |
Three Rivers College | — | — | 2,604 | $9,980 | Community College |
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton | — | 100.0% | 2,248 | $11,718 | Community College |
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College | — | — | 4,478 | $15,000 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 27% | 99.8% | 2,447 | $8,076 |
Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Planning informs the college about its priorities, strategies, and resources and how to better serve students and the community. It requires ongoing institutional evaluation and improvement achieved through a systematic cycle of evaluation using the Cyclic Review Plan with oversight by the Institutional Effectiveness Council.
Visit IR office page- Matthew ConnotSenior Research Analyst
- Michelle SandhoffResearch Analyst
Documents & reports (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding opportunities (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
IR job openings (1)
Institutional Research and analytics roles currently posted at this institution.
Notable alumni (30)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- John JayPolitics
- Alexander HamiltonPolitics
- Egbert BensonPolitics
- Robert LivingstonPolitics
- Gouverneur MorrisPolitics
- Clement Clarke MooreLiterature
- Felix AdlerPhilosophy
- William Milligan SloaneHistory
- Brander MatthewsDramatic Literature
- Richard T. ElyEconomics
- Edward SapirLinguistics
- Joseph CampbellMythology
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