Columbia University

Ivy League university in Manhattan with 130+ Nobel laureates, a $14B endowment, renowned research, and a history of student activism.

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History Timeline

1754 — King's College founded by royal charter of King George II — the first college in New York
1767 — Columbia awards the first medical degree in the American colonies
1784 — Reorganized as Columbia College after American independence
1896 — Renamed Columbia University, moves to current Morningside Heights campus
1940s — Manhattan Project research conducted at Columbia (Enrico Fermi, I.I. Rabi)
1952 — First successful FM radio broadcast from Columbia engineering
1968 — Student protests over Vietnam War and gym construction in Morningside Park — iconic moment in American student activism
2000s — Manhattanville campus expansion in West Harlem
2020s — Major campus protests and debates over academic freedom and international politics

Nobel Laureates: 130+ affiliates (students, faculty, researchers) — among the highest of any university
Pulitzer Prizes: The Pulitzer Prize is administered by Columbia — the university has more affiliated winners than any other institution
Key Schools: Columbia Law School (T14), Columbia Business School (M7), Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Graduate School of Journalism
Research Spending: $1.2+ billion annually — top 5 among US universities
Libraries: 15+ million volumes across 20+ libraries — one of the largest academic library systems in the US

Endowment: $14+ billion (2024)
Acceptance Rate: ~3.7% (undergraduate) — among the most selective in the world
Students: ~9,000 undergraduates, ~25,000 graduate students
Campus: 299 acres in Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Notable Alumni: Alexander Hamilton, Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffett

The Pulitzer Prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer's 1904 will and is administered by Columbia University — the prize jury meets on Columbia's campus every year to select winners
Columbia's Low Memorial Library, designed by Charles McKim, was modeled after the Pantheon in Rome — it was originally intended to be the university's main library but now serves as the administrative heart of the campus