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United States · New York
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York · Graduate-degree institution · Private nonprofit
Verified application and program coverage
Columbia College and Columbia Engineering admission
Program coverage
- Indexed programmes
- 353
- Official programme listings
- 353
- Admission route coverage
- 72
- Convertible subject requirements
- 0
Application
- Platform
- Common Application or Coalition Application
- Application fee
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$85
Details
$85 · fee waiver available
- Application scope
- Choose Columbia College or Columbia Engineering
Deadlines
- Early Decision
- 1 November · binding · decision by mid-December
- Regular Decision
- 1 January · decision by mid-April
- Reply
- 1 May for Regular Decision admits
Academic review and testing
- Academic preparation
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College: broad humanities, maths, science, social studies and language preparation
Details
College: broad humanities, maths, science, social studies and language preparation · Engineering: calculus, physics and chemistry strongly advised
- SAT/ACT policy
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Test-optional
Details
Test-optional · SAT/ACT self-reporting and superscoring available · no minimum score or GPA
- Fixed admission cutoff
- No GPA, IB, SAT or ACT score guarantees admission
Required application file
- School documents
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2 academic teacher recommendations
Details
Secondary-school transcript and report · counselor recommendation · 2 academic teacher recommendations · midyear report
- Applicant writing
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Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states…
Details
Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states otherwise
International applicant
- English proficiency
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English readiness is reviewed with the international academic record;
Details
English readiness is reviewed with the international academic record; required graduation or proficiency examination results must be submitted
- Financial aid
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Need-aware for international applicants requesting aid
Details
Need-aware for international applicants requesting aid · Columbia states it meets demonstrated need for admitted aid recipients
- Credential language
- Official English translations are required when school records are not in English
Programme-specific notes
- School choice
- College and Engineering have different recommended secondary preparation
- International exams
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IB, A-Level and other required national leaving results or predictions belong in…
Details
IB, A-Level and other required national leaving results or predictions belong in the academic file
Federal benchmark · College Scorecard May 2025 release
- Institution admission rate
- 4.0%
- SAT reading middle range
- 730–770
- SAT maths middle range
- 760–800
- ACT composite middle range
- 34–35
- Published tuition
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USD 69,045
Details
USD 69,045 · Published tuition and fees
Strongest subjects
- Social sciences
- 26.8% of undergraduate degrees
- Computer and information sciences
- 15.1% of undergraduate degrees
- Engineering
- 12.8% of undergraduate degrees
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7.0% of undergraduate degrees
- Psychology
- 5.1% of undergraduate degrees
Students
- Undergraduate students
- 8,899
- International undergraduate share
- 18.3%
Tuition, financial aid and accommodation
- Published annual budget
- $86,042 · Annual on-campus academic-year budget
- In-state tuition per year
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$69,045
Details
$69,045 · Published tuition and fees
- Out-of-state tuition per year
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$69,045
Details
$69,045 · Published tuition and fees
- Accommodation and price
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$16,800
Details
$16,800 · Published room and board
- Average net price
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$20,148
Details
$20,148 · Average annual net price for Title IV students
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22.5%
- Federal-loan recipients
- 14.4%
Net price by family income
- Family income $0–30,000
- $6,342
- Family income $30,001–48,000
- $4,975
- Family income $48,001–75,000
- $5,195
- Family income $75,001–110,000
- $15,368
- Family income above $110,000
- $44,695
About Columbia University in the City of New York
Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York, United States. The surrounding setting is Large city.
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