Columbia University is a private institution that was founded in
1754.
It
has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,084,
its setting is urban,
and the campus size is 36 acres.
It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.
Columbia University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges
is National Universities,
4.
Its tuition and fees are $51,008 (2014-15).
Columbia University, located in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights
neighborhood in New York City, offers a wide range of student
activities. The Columbia Lions field more than 25 NCAA Division I teams
in the Ivy League. More than 90 percent of students live in on-campus
housing, ranging from traditional residence halls to university-owned
brownstones. Many of the brownstones are populated by the more than 25
Greek fraternity and sorority chapters on campus, whose membership
includes about 10 percent of the student body. Organizations such as
Urban New York, which gives out free tickets to city events, foster
student interaction with life in the Big Apple.
Columbia is comprised of three undergraduate schools—Columbia College,
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and
the School of General Studies—as well as a number of graduate and
professional schools. Columbia’s graduate programs include the highly
ranked Business School, Teachers College, SEAS, Law School, College of Physicians and Surgeons, School of International and Public Affairs, School of the Arts and Mailman School of Public Health.
The university also has a well-regarded College of Dental Medicine and
Graduate School of Journalism. Columbia is affiliated with Barnard College for
women, the Union Theological Seminary and the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America. Distinguished alumni include John Jay, founding
father and first Supreme Court Justice; President Barack Obama;
songwriting team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; and actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal. Columbia also administers the Pulitzer Prizes.
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