Editing Columbia University (section)

=== Undergraduate admissions and financial aid ===
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{{Infobox U.S. college admissions|year=2021|ref=<ref>{{cite web
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Columbia University received 60,551 applications for the class of 2025 (entering 2021) and a total of around 2,218 were admitted to the two schools for an overall acceptance rate of 3.66%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia acceptance rate drops to record low 3.7 percent after 51 percent spike in applications|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/04/07/columbia-acceptance-rate-drops-to-record-low-37-percent-after-51-percent-spike-in-applications/|access-date=May 15, 2021|website=Columbia Daily Spectator|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514030131/https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/04/07/columbia-acceptance-rate-drops-to-record-low-37-percent-after-51-percent-spike-in-applications/|url-status=live}}</ref> Columbia is a racially diverse school, with approximately 52% of all students identifying themselves as persons of color. Additionally, 50% of all undergraduates received grants from Columbia. The average grant size awarded to these students is $46,516.<ref name="stat2">{{cite web|title=Financial Aid Statistics|url=http://cc-seas.financialaid.columbia.edu/eligibility/facts|publisher=Columbia University|access-date=May 10, 2016|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115065212/https://cc-seas.financialaid.columbia.edu/eligibility/facts|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015–2016, annual undergraduate tuition at Columbia was $50,526 with a total cost of attendance of $65,860 (including room and board).<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbia University Tuition And Costs|url=http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg03_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=399|access-date=November 22, 2016|website=Collegedata.com|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911143110/https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg03_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=399|url-status=dead}}</ref> The college is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cc-seas.financialaid.columbia.edu/how/aid/works|title=How Aid Works – Columbia Financial Aid and Educational Financing|publisher=|access-date=November 18, 2015|archive-date=November 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118173614/http://cc-seas.financialaid.columbia.edu/how/aid/works|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 11, 2007, Columbia University announced a $400 million donation from media billionaire alumnus [[John Kluge]] to be used exclusively for undergraduate financial aid. The donation is among the largest single gifts to higher education.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lewin|first=Tamar|date=April 11, 2007|title=Columbia to Receive $400 Million for Student Aid|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/nyregion/11columbia.html|access-date=May 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515050000/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/nyregion/11columbia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this does not apply to international students, transfer students, visiting students, or students in the School of General Studies.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 11, 2008|title=Columbia University to Offer Financial Aid to More Students|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/education/11columbia.html|access-date=March 28, 2010|archive-date=April 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410212905/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/education/11columbia.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the fall of 2010, admission to Columbia's undergraduate colleges [[Columbia College, Columbia University|Columbia College]] and the [[Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science|Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (also known as SEAS or Columbia Engineering) began accepting the [[Common Application]]. The policy change made Columbia one of the last major academic institutions and the last [[Ivy League]] university to switch to the Common Application.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Jacques|date=March 23, 2010|title=Columbia, Michigan and Connecticut Among 25 Colleges to Add Common Application|newspaper=The New York Times|url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/common-2/|access-date=April 11, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106065427/https://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/common-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scholarships are also given to undergraduate students by the admissions committee. Designations include John W. Kluge Scholars, John Jay Scholars, C. Prescott Davis Scholars, Global Scholars, Egleston Scholars, and Science Research Fellows. Named scholars are selected by the admission committee from first-year applicants. According to Columbia, the first four designated scholars "distinguish themselves for their remarkable academic and personal achievements, dynamism, intellectual curiosity, the originality and independence of their thinking, and the diversity that stems from their different cultures and their varied educational experiences".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Named Scholars|url=http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/scholars/named|access-date=August 3, 2015|website=Studentaffairs.columbia.edu|archive-date=February 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215165545/http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/scholars/named|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1919, Columbia established a student application process characterized by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as "the first modern college application". The application required a photograph of the applicant, the maiden name of the applicant's mother, and the applicant's religious background.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gross, Jessica|date=November 10, 2013|title=Who Made That College Application?|newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/magazine/who-made-that-college-application.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/magazine/who-made-that-college-application.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|access-date=August 31, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>