Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

We documented 64 protests at Columbia University in the City of New York between Sep 2013 and Apr 2018, drawing roughly 9,277 participants.

Data from NCES IPEDS, 2018. To find recent institutional data, visit the IPEDS website or the NCES College Navigator.

Institution

Institution typePrivate nonprofit, 4-year or above

Carnegie classificationDoctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

CountyNew York County

Locale typeCity: Large

Total number of students32,836

Number of undergraduate students8,576

Acceptance rate5.9%

Nonwhite students63.1%

Pell grant recipients17.0%

STEM degrees (share of all degrees)23.5%

Tuition$50,665

Revenue (total)$5.62B

Expenses (total)$4.60B

Endowment assets (billions $)23.03

All staff20,554

Full-time professors (faculty status)4,133

Part-time instructors2,087

Graduate student teaching assistants (part-time)1,847

Women instructors36.0%

Nonwhite instructors34.6%

Graduate Workers of Columbia campaign for graduate student unionization at Columbia University, 2018 (7)
Columbia University campaign against a speech by white nationalist Tommy Robinson, 2017 (5)
Student-Worker Solidarity campaign to raise student wages to $15/hour at Columbia University and Barnard College, 2015-2016 (3)
"Carry That Weight" student campaign for sexual assault awareness at Columbia University, 2014 (2)
Columbia Divest for Climate Justice campaign for fossil fuel divestment, 2015-2016 (2)
Graduate Workers of Columbia campaign for graduate student unionization at Columbia University, 2015-2016 (2)
Barnard Columbia Solidarity Network student campaign against university governance, 2015-2016 (2)
Columbia Divest for Climate Justice sit-in campaign for fossil fuel divestment, 2016 (2)
Campaign at Columbia University around Sexual assault and violence from September to October 2016 (2)
Columbia University pro-labor campaign against a lecture by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix, 2018 (2)
Columbia University campaign for 24/7 accessible healthcare for sexual assault survivors, 2018 (2)
Take Back the Night actions against sexual violence, across U.S. and Canada, 2012-2018 (1)