Columbia University is a private institution that was founded in 1754. It has a undergraduate enrollment of about 5,888, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 36 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. The Columbia University's ranking in 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 4.
Columbia University, located in the Manhattan’s Morningside Heights nearby New York City, offers a large range of student activities. The Columbia Lions has more than 25 NCAA Division I teams in Ivy League. Over 90 percent of students live in on campus housing, ranging from traditional residence halls to the university owned brownstones. Several of the brownstones are populated by the more than 25 Greek fraternity and sorority chapters on campus, membership of which includes about 10 percent of the student body. The Organizations such as Urban New York, which provides free tickets to city events, foster student interaction with the life in the Big Apple.
Columbia is comprised of three undergraduate schools— The Fu Foundation School of Engineering, Columbia College, and Applied Sciences (represented as SEAS), and the School of General Studies as well as a number of graduate and professional schools. The Graduate programs Columbia include the highly ranked Business School, School of International Teachers College, Law School, SEAS, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and School of the Arts, Public Affairs, and Mailman School of Public Health. The university has a well regarded Graduate School of Journalism and College of Dental Medicine. Columbia is allied with the Union Theological Seminary, Barnard College for women, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Distinguished alumni include John Jay, President Barack Obama; founding father and first Supreme Court Justice; songwriting team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; and the actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. It also administers the Pulitzer Prizes.
Campus Location
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
General Information
School type-private, coed college
Year founded-1754
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban