# Columbia University in the City of New York

- Location: New York, United States
- Type: Private
- Founded: 1754
- Official website: http://www.columbia.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/columbia-university-1ad9abe1

## 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

- rank: =43 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $64,526 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 4% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.columbia.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://www.columbia.edu/content/admissions)
- [Financial aid](https://sfs.columbia.edu/)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [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](https://opir.columbia.edu/sites/opir.columbia.edu/files/content/Statistical%20Abstract/opir_enrollment_history.pdf)
- [Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University)

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