Student Population at Columbia University

By race/ethnicity, 7,943 White, 1,838 Black, and 4,664 Asian students out of a total of 35,173 are attending at Columbia University in the City of New York. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Columbia University in the City of New York is highly diverse with a diversity index of 91.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Columbia University has 137 students under 18 years old and 37 students over 65 years old. There are 19,440 students under 25 years old, and 15,731 students over 25 years old out of 35,173 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 136 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Columbia University has 7,908 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,254 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Columbia University, 1 students are younger than 18 and 30 students are older than 65. It has 11,532 graduate students aged under 25 and 14,477 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Columbia University in the City of New York, 1,499 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,519 students are enrolled in some online courses.

563 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 936 students live in another State or outside of the United States.