Student Population at Columbia University in the City of New York

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
34,782	8,902	25,880

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 34,782 students have enrolled in Columbia University in the City of New York with 8,902 undergraduate and 25,880 graduate students.

By gender, 16,150 male and 18,632 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

1,111 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,842 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Columbia University in the City of New York has a total of 34,782 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,902 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 25,880 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 16,150 male and 18,632 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	34,782	8,902	25,880
Men	16,150	4,530	11,620
Women	18,632	4,372	14,260

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,998 White, 1,777 Black, and 4,549 Asian students out of a total of 34,782 are attending at Columbia University in the City of New York. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	55	20	35
Asian	4,549	1,987	2,562
Black	1,777	692	1,085
Hispanic	2,966	1,288	1,678
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	25	15	10
White	8,998	4,145	4,853
Two or more races	1,152	470	682
Race Unknown	1,219	589	630

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	27	13	14
Asian	1,641	793	848
Black	663	309	354
Hispanic	1,372	698	674
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	13	10	3
White	2,815	1,497	1,318
Two or more races	571	268	303
Race Unknown	136	64	72

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	112	68	44
Black	49	20	29
Hispanic	75	35	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	203	132	71
Two or more races	33	16	17
Race Unknown	8	4	4

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Columbia University in the City of New York, 1,111 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,842 students are enrolled in some online courses.

401 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 710 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	34,782	1,111	3,842
Undergraduate	8,902	25	180
Graduate	25,880	1,086	3,662

Online Student Population by Locality
	New York Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	401	592	118
Undergraduate	6	14	5
Graduate	395	578	113

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,902 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 693 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.78%.565 students have transferred in as full-time status and 128 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,698
Transfer-in Full-time	565
Regular Part-time	511
Transfer-in Part-time	128