New York students paid $59,430 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $2,222 more than the $57,208 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 58 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 750 students received grants or scholarships totaling $40 million and 157 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.5 million.
Including all undergraduates (31,077), 4,916 students used grants or scholarships totaling $205.3 million, and 1,787 students took out $19.3 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
| Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | ~5,594 | $53,000 | $55,056 | $57,208 | $59,430 | 12.1% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Columbia University in the City of New York in 2015-16.| Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal grants | 238 | 17% | $1,446,840 | $6,079 |
| State / local grant or scholarship | 95 | 7% | $351,213 | $3,697 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 734 | 51% | $38,165,263 | $51,996 |
| Grant or scholarship aid total | 750 | 52% | $39,963,316 | $53,284 |
| Federal student loans | 137 | 10% | $680,726 | $4,969 |
| Other student loans | 36 | 3% | $864,976 | $24,027 |
| Student loan aid | 157 | 11% | $1,545,702 | $9,845 |
| Total student aid | 833 | 58% | - | - |
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