{"name":"Columbia University in the City of New York","slug":"columbia-university-1ad9abe1","url":"https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/columbia-university-1ad9abe1","country":"United States","country_code":"US","city":"New York","type":"Private","founded":1754,"website":"http://www.columbia.edu/","summary":"Columbia was chartered in 1754 as King's College under King George II, and it reopened as Columbia College in 1784 after the American Revolution. It moved to its current Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan in 1897. It is a private research university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes and is affiliated with Barnard College.","key_facts":[{"id":"rank","value":"=43","detail":"QS 2027","source":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"id":"tuition","value":"$64,526","detail":"per year, 2023"},{"id":"admission","value":"4%","detail":"2024"}],"sources":[{"label":"rank","url":"https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx"},{"label":"Official website","url":"http://www.columbia.edu/"},{"label":"Admissions","url":"https://www.columbia.edu/content/admissions"},{"label":"Financial aid","url":"https://sfs.columbia.edu/"},{"label":"Reference","url":"https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip"},{"label":"Official OPIR enrollment history (census 14 Oct 2025): school-group headcounts only; the university total could not be read reliably from the PDF, so it is not recorded","url":"https://opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.columbia.edu/files/content/Statistical%20Abstract/opir_enrollment_history.pdf"},{"label":"Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University"}],"note":"Figures are as reported by the linked sources; confirm requirements with the university before applying."}