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Fall Admissions Statistics, 2005-2007
UNDERGRADUATE 2005   2006   2007
Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield %
Columbia College 15,793 1,693 1,024 11% 60% 17,152 1,662 1,022 10% 61% 18,081 1,647 1,016 9% 62%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 2,332 625 315 27% 50% 2,702 637 316 24% 50% 3,262 608 317 19% 52%
School of General Studies: BA/BS 895 442 291 49% 66% 932 452 312 48% 69% 926 359 236 39% 66%
School of General Studies: Pre-med/Postbaccalaureate 491 345 168 70% 49% 547 369 168 67% 46% 485 327 131 67% 40%
School of Nursing 428 296 155 69% 52% 397 285 163 72% 57% 499 341 183 68% 54%
BS Accelerated Master's Program 8 0 0 0% - 7 0 0 0% - 6 2 2 33% 100%
BS Entry to Practice 420 296 155 70% 52%   390 285 163 73% 57%   493 339 181 69% 53%
MORNINGSIDE GRADUATE 2005   2006   2007
Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield %
School of the Arts 2,374 347 243 15% 70% 2,669 349 229 13% 66% 2,489 346 230 14% 66%
Film 463 103 71 22% 69% 505 101 66 20% 65% 508 99 68 19% 69%
Theatre 356 78 59 22% 76% 334 71 54 21% 76% 274 80 52 29% 65%
Visual Art 839 34 26 4% 76% 1,104 31 26 3% 84% 1,064 29 26 3% 90%
Writing 716 132 87 18% 66% 726 146 83 20% 57% 643 138 84 21% 61%
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 9,592 1,757 877 18% 50% 10,035 1,919 888 19% 46% 10,573 2,078 964 20% 46%
Humanities 2,393 360 177 15% 49% 2,514 406 167 16% 41% 2,581 444 196 17% 44%
Social Sciences 2,671 274 118 10% 43% 2,862 318 123 11% 39% 2,895 340 140 12% 41%
Natural Sciences 2,131 419 192 20% 46% 2,213 467 194 21% 42% 2,359 501 227 21% 45%
Bio-Medical Sciences 924 134 64 15% 48% 920 139 59 15% 42% 934 140 62 15% 44%
Doctoral Program Subcommittees 322 47 25 15% 53% 306 39 20 13% 51% 384 56 30 15% 54%
MA Only 942 383 211 41% 55% 1,021 420 231 41% 55% 1,219 476 237 39% 50%
Liberal Studies MA 181 121 78 67% 64% 170 107 81 63% 76% 182 106 63 58% 59%
French Cultural Studies 28 19 12 68% 63% 29 23 13 79% 57% 19 15 9 79% 60%
School of International and Public Affairs 3,020 1,411 602 47% 43% 3,054 1,454 600 48% 41% 2,725 1,468 629 54% 43%
MIA 1,940 747 345 39% 46% 1,899 773 328 41% 42% 1,654 804 353 49% 44%
MPA 605 351 104 58% 30% 645 314 93 49% 30% 578 337 108 58% 32%
Program in Economic Policy Management 169 127 35 75% 28% 198 163 55 82% 34% 174 148 57 85% 39%
Executive MPA 100 78 57 78% 73% 122 95 71 78% 75% 106 65 52 61% 80%
Environmental Science Policy 206 108 61 52% 56%   190 109 53 57% 49%   213 114 59 54% 52%
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 2005   2006   2007
Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield %
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation 1,820 971 555 53% 57% 1,890 978 518 52% 53% 1,950 1,013 523 52% 52%
M Arch 700 203 83 29% 41% 757 211 82 28% 39% 798 214 88 27% 41%
MS Advanced Architectural Design 219 164 100 75% 61% 224 155 90 69% 58% 246 163 93 66% 57%
MS Historic Preservation 70 55 34 79% 62% 85 59 28 69% 47% 66 57 21 86% 37%
MS Real Estate 326 124 90 38% 73% 306 120 95 39% 79% 313 139 94 44% 68%
MS Urban Design 102 80 36 78% 45% 99 84 39 85% 46% 107 84 37 79% 44%
MS Urban Planning 176 133 48 76% 36% 219 151 41 69% 27% 222 167 45 75% 27%
Other 227 212 164 93% 77% 200 198 143 99% 72% 200 191 129 96% 68%
Graduate School of Business (MBA) 4,532 681 515 15% 76% 5,372 924 726 17% 79% 5,623 919 711 16% 77%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 3,155 1,194 430 38% 36% 3,460 1,330 483 38% 36% 4,223 1,397 555 33% 40%
Graduate School of Journalism 1,236 330 244 27% 74% 1,204 344 250 29% 73% 1,037 417 284 40% 68%
School of Law 9,618 1,642 589 17% 36% 9,316 1,632 609 18% 37% 8,881 1,588 590 18% 37%
JD 8,020 1,169 378 15% 32% 7,766 1,142 382 15% 33% 7,292 1,157 371 16% 32%
LLM 1,486 468 206 31% 44% 1,475 481 218 33% 45% 1,491 422 216 28% 51%
JSD 112 5 5 4% 100% 75 9 9 12% 100% 98 9 3 9% 33%
School of Social Work 1,210 782 387 65% 49% 1,275 798 387 63% 48% 1,131 773 399 68% 52%
MS 1,120 768 376 69% 49% 1,204 781 377 65% 48% 1,041 757 389 73% 51%
PhD 90 14 11 16% 79%   71 17 10 24% 59%   90 16 10 18% 63%
MEDICAL CENTER 2005   2006   2007
Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield % Apps Admits Enroll Admit % Yield %
College of Physicians and Surgeons 4,610 549 295 12% 54% 5,070 601 323 12% 54% 5,818 570 323 10% 57%
Medicine 4,213 302 149 7% 49% 4,595 286 155 6% 54% 5,275 285 155 5% 54%
Institute of Human Nutrition 115 79 45 69% 57% 160 136 74 85% 54% 192 101 67 53% 66%
Occupational Therapy 129 78 46 60% 59% 147 82 40 56% 49% 165 89 50 54% 56%
Psychoanalytic Training and Research 7 6 5 86% 83% 9 9 7 100% 78% 6 5 5 83% 100%
Physical Therapy 146 84 50 58% 60% 159 88 47 55% 53% 180 90 46 50% 51%
School of Nursing 404 279 189 69% 68% 376 263 202 70% 77% 346 257 177 74% 69%
MS 313 245 159 78% 65% 304 231 175 76% 76% 303 237 164 78% 69%
Doctor of Nursing Science 32 12 10 38% 83% 25 10 7 40% 70% 14 5 2 36% 40%
Doctor of Nursing Practice 59 22 20 37% 91% 47 22 20 47% 91% 29 15 11 52% 73%
School of Public Health 1,466 987 435 67% 44% 1,512 1,020 417 67% 41% 1,574 1,030 494 65% 48%
School of Dental and Oral Surgery 1,650 158 79 10% 50%   2,050 175 76 7% 43%   2,272 173 77 8% 45%
-Prepared by: Office of Planning and Institutional Research, 9/12/2006
-Admissions Data was contributed by the Admissions Office of each school or department. Final enrollment figures may differ slightly from those reported here.
-Apps: Number of Applications Received for consideration to enroll in the fall semester.
-Admits: Number of Students Admitted for the fall semester.
-Enroll: Number of Admitted Students who enrolled for the fall semester.
-Admit%: Number of students offered admission divided by the number of applications.
-Yield%: Number of students who enrolled at Columbia divided by the number who were offered admission.