Columbia University in the City of New York

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Columbia University in the City of New York

Columbia University in the City of New York operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 8,973 students of which 9,911 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Columbia University in the City of New York is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 4.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,553 and an ACT midpoint of 35. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,590, with published in-state tuition of $71,845 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 95.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 98.0%. Graduates earn a median of $102,491 ten years after enrolling, compared with $88,535 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 185800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 85.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.