Columbia University in the City of New York Student Population and Demographics

Columbia University Student Population

There are 30,135 students including 8,148 undergraduate and 21,987 graduate students at Columbia University in the City of New York for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 23,803 full-time and 6,332 part-time students with gender distribution of 14,041 male and 16,094 female students. Columbia University in the City of New York is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 25,843 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Columbia University in the City of New York has a total enrollment of 30,135 with a gender distribution of 46.59% male (14,041 students) and 53.41% female (16,094 students). There are 4,142 male and 4,006 female students in undergraduate school and 9,899 male and 12,088 female students are attending graduate school at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Student Population By Gender
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,135	14,041	16,094
Undergraduate	8,148	4,142	4,006
Graduate	21,987	9,899	12,088
Full-time	23,803	10,960	12,843
Part-time	6,332	3,081	3,251

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New York 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Columbia University in the City of New York has 23,803 full-time and 6,332 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,509 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 639 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 16,294 students are full-time and 5,693 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	30,135	23,803	6,332
Undergraduate	8,148	7,509	639
Graduate	21,987	16,294	5,693
Men	14,041	10,960	3,081
Women	16,094	12,843	3,251

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New York Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Columbia University in the City of New York, 25,843 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,334 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 30,135 students.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,135	8,148	21,987
Online Exclusively	25,843	8,009	17,834
In Some Online Classes	2,334	139	2,195
Not In Online Classes	1,958	0	1,958

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New York Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Columbia University in the City of New York. There are 66 American Indian/Native American, 9,233 White, 1,544 Black/African American, 3,922 Asian, 2,560 Hispanic, 24 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 990 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,135	14,041	16,094
American Indian/Native American	66	30	36
Asian	3,922	1,645	2,277
Black/African American	1,544	599	945
Hispanic	2,560	1,106	1,454
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	10	14
White	9,233	4,387	4,846
Two More	921	360	561
Race Un-Known	1,343	630	713

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New YorkRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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