Columbia’s acceptance rate for the current admissions cycle is 4.29%, up from 3.86% last year. The applicant pool also shrank slightly, from 60,248 to 59,616 students.

Columbia has more foreign students than nearly any other university in the country, with more than 20,000 enrolled in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the Institute of International Education.

Hundreds students, demonstrate, calling for the release of graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University in New York City on Mar. 14, 2025. Credit - Selcuk ...

Columbia and Brown will have to maintain “merit-based admissions policies,” according to their settlements, which codify the administration’s broader aims in legally binding language.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has won unprecedented concessions from Columbia University in a sweeping settlement — with the Ivy League school paying more than $220 million and ...

The Trump administration also touted settlements with Columbia University and Brown University in July, which included ...