Columbia University in the City of New York hosts over 10,000 international
students, interns, scholars, and accompanying international family members
from over 153 countries/places of origin. For Fall 2008, the University enrolls 5,323
international students, oversees 1,362 international interns engaged in
practical or academic training, and engages the participation of 2,455
international faculty, researchers, and visiting scholars and scientists.
Columbia ranks third among the more than 2,000 US colleges and universities
reporting international enrollments according to the most recent national
data available.
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For the students,
the top five countries/places of origin are India, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada. For scholars, the largest representations are from China, India, South Korea, Japan, and Germany. |
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The Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences is host to the largest numbers of international students
- 1,399 students, over one-quarter of Columbia's international student
enrollment. Large
international enrollments are also found in Engineering, Business, and International
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Columbia's international students
choose engineering, public affairs, business, and social sciences as their
most popular fields of study. Scholars participate across the University's
research centers and institutes and are well represented in such fields
as Medicine, Law, Business, Neurology, Biological Sciences, and Engineering.
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Three-quarters of international
enrollment is at the graduate and professional level; almost 12% enroll at the
undergraduate level; 6% enroll in the American Language Program, Columbia's
world-renowned center for instruction in English as a second language; and
the balance enroll as special students throughout the University's 15 schools. |
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More than 40% of international
students are female; nearly 10% are married and accompanied by spouses;
90% are on Student (F) visas; and 26% receive full or partial scholarship
or fellowship support from the University. Columbia hosts 141 student Fulbright
Scholars.
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2008
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2007
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2006
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2005
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2004
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2003
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Columbia
University International Student and Scholar Population Fall 2002
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