Columbia University Common Data Set 2025-26

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Acceptance rate

4.9%

2,946 of 59,611

Early decision rate

14%

Non-ED pool: 4%

SAT middle 50%

1510–1560

ACT middle 50%

34–35

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Admissions

AppliedC1	59,611
AdmittedC1	2,946
EnrolledC1	1,797
YieldC1	61%
Early decisionC21	819 of 5,868 (14%)
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	—
Accepted a placeC2	—
Admitted from waitlistC2	—
Odds if you stay on the listC2	—

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	50%
Submitted ACTC9	17%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	740–777
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	760–800
Average high school GPAC12	4.25
GPA of 4.0C11	74.9%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	20.8%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	3.3%
GPA below 3.50C11	1%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$72,800
Required feesG1	$4,160
Food and housingG1	$19,650
Need fully met (first-years)H2	100%
Average % of need metH2	100%
Average need-based packageH2	$81,072
Average need-based grantH2	$78,198

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankVery important
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayVery important
Recommendation(s)Very important
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activitiesVery important
Talent/abilityImportant
Character/personal qualitiesVery important
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationConsidered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	9,285
First-year retentionB22	98%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	96%

Notes on this filing

C2: the filing gives no waitlist offered, accepted, or admitted counts; only a policy answer (Yes) is printed, so all three waitlist fields are null.
C8A: the test-use table is labeled for Fall 2027 while the rest of the filing covers Fall 2025; the policy is read as 'not required, considered if submitted' and C8F is blank, so there is no conflicting clarification. Only test-submission percentages and score ranges are printed for enrolled students.
C8A: SAT or ACT is marked 'Not required for admission, but considered if submitted'. Placement uses AP and an institutional exam (G).
C9: score percentiles are printed for enrolled first-year students; SAT and ACT submission percentages (50% and 17%) are printed as well.
C12: average high school GPA of 4.25 is for the subset of first-time students with a reported GPA (99.9%). The C11 distribution uses only students with a 4.0-scale GPA, which the footnote says is 72.2% of first-year students.
C11: the 3.50-and-below share is the sum of the printed bands 3.25-3.49 (0.9) and 3.00-3.24 (0.1); the lower bands are blank.
Graduation: the filing prints only the six-year rate (96%, Fall 2019 cohort). Four-year completion counts exist (1,175 of 1,392) but no rate is printed, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
Retention 98% is printed in B22 (1,454 of 1,480 Fall 2024 entrants still enrolled).
G1: cost figures are estimates for 2026-27 (final figures due July 1, 2026). Tuition is a single private rate, so the in-state and out-of-state fields are null. Room and board uses the first-year food and housing figure.
H1/H2: aid data are 2025-26 estimated. Need-fully-met is computed as line h / line d = 855/855 = 100.0. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is left null because the filing gives no percentage of the need-determined group, and computing it was not one of the permitted derivations.
H2: first-time, first-year column used (line d = 855; line h = 855; line I = 100.0%; line J = $81,072; line K = $78,198).

Source: Columbia University Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.