Columbia University Student Population and Demographics

Columbia University Student Population

There are 31,456 students including 8,221 undergraduate and 23,235 graduate students at Columbia University in the City of New York for academic year 2019-2020. By attending status, there are 26,487 full-time and 4,969 part-time students with gender distribution of 14,770 male and 16,686 female students. Columbia University in the City of New York is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 586 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Columbia University in the City of New York has a total enrollment of 31,456 with a gender distribution of 46.95% male (14,770 students) and 53.05% female (16,686 students). There are 4,277 male and 3,944 female students in undergraduate school and 10,493 male and 12,742 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	31,456	14,770	16,686
Undergraduate	8,221	4,277	3,944
Graduate	23,235	10,493	12,742
Full-time	26,487	12,332	14,155
Part-time	4,969	2,438	2,531

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New York 2020 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Columbia University in the City of New York has 26,487 full-time and 4,969 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,701 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 520 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 18,786 students are full-time and 4,449 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	31,456	26,487	4,969
Undergraduate	8,221	7,701	520
Graduate	23,235	18,786	4,449
Men	14,770	12,332	2,438
Women	16,686	14,155	2,531

[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, 655 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,139 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 31,456 students.

2020 Distance Learning Enrollment
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,456	8,221	23,235
Online Exclusively	655	0	655
In Some Online Classes	1,139	0	1,139
Not In Online Classes	29,662	8,221	21,441

[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 57 American Indian/Native American, 9,456 White, 1,493 Black/African American, 3,865 Asian, 2,467 Hispanic, 29 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 989 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,456	14,770	16,686
American Indian/Native American	57	27	30
Asian	3,865	1,642	2,223
Black/African American	1,493	593	900
Hispanic	2,467	1,117	1,350
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	11	18
White	9,456	4,597	4,859
Two More	837	336	501
Race Un-Known	1,444	653	791

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

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Age Distribution
Columbia University in the City of New York
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,456	8,221	23,235
Under 18	90	90	0
Age 18-19	2,687	2,682	5
Age 20-21	3,696	3,188	508
Age 22-24	10,139	1,094	9,045
Age 25-29	9,292	696	8,596
Age 30-34	3,405	261	3,144
Age 35-39	1,146	99	1,047
Age 40-49	709	72	637
Age 50-64	267	34	233
Over 64	25	5	20
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Columbia University in the City of New York 2020 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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