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Columbia University FACTS 2012 Columbia University FACTS 2012 TIMELINE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 1754 Royal Charter establishes King's College under School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, King George II of England. est. 1896, Dean Mark Wigley 1784 Renamed Columbia College by New York State Legislature. School of the Arts, est. 1948, 1810 Final revisions are made to the Charter under Dean Carol Becker which the University operates today. 1849 College moves from Park Place, near present Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, est. 1880, City Hall, to 49th and Madison. Dean Carlos J. Alonso 1889 Barnard College becomes an affiliate of Columbia. Graduate School of Business, est. 1916, 1896 Trustees formally designate Columbia as a Dean R. Glenn Hubbard university. 1897 The University moves from 49th and Madison Columbia College, est. 1754, to its present site in Morningside Heights. Dean James J. Valentini 1928 Opening of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, the first such center to combine School of Continuing Education, est. 2002, teaching, research, and patient care. Dean Kristine Billmyer 1947 Nevis Laboratories is founded in Irvington, New York, offering facilities for experimental College of Dental Medicine, est. 1917, physics research. Interim Dean Ronnie Myers 1949 The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a world-renowned research center dedicated to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and understanding the natural world, opens in Applied Science, est. 1864, Palisades, New York. Interim Dean Donald Goldfarb 1954 Columbia's Bicentennial Celebration. 1983 The first Columbia College class to include School of General Studies, est. 1947, women arrives on campus in September. Dean Peter J. Awn 2002 Lee C. Bollinger begins term as Columbia's 19th president. School of International & Public Affairs, est. 1946, 2004 Commemoration of Columbia's 250th Interim Dean Robert Lieberman anniversary. 2006 Four billion dollar capital campaign launched Graduate School of Journalism, est. 1912, in September. Dean Nicholas Lemann CAMPUSES School of Law, est. 1858, Dean David M. Schizer Morningside Heights, 116th & Broadway, College of Physicians and Surgeons, est. 1767 New York, New York Dean Lee Goldman th Manhattanville, 125 & Broadway, School of Nursing, est. 1892, New York, New York Dean Bobbie Berkowitz Medical Center, 168th & Broadway, New York, New York Mailman School of Public Health, est. 1921, Dean Linda Fried Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York School of Social Work, est. 1898, Dean Jeanette C. Takamura Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York Reid Hall, Paris, France Affiliated Institutions Executive Vice President for Development and Barnard College Alumni Relations, Fred Van Sickle Teachers College Jewish Theological Seminary Executive Vice President for Research, Union Theological Seminary G. Michael Purdy LIBRARIES Executive Vice President for Government and Community Affairs, Maxine Griffith The Columbia University Libraries/Information Service, comprised of 22 libraries, is one of the top Secretary of the University, Jerome Davis five academic research library systems in North America. Columbia’s collections include almost 12 General Counsel, Jane E. Booth million printed volumes, 6.4 million microform units, 26 million manuscripts, 500,000 rare books, and Executive Vice President for Communications, extensive electronic resources. The Libraries employs David M. Stone more than 500 professional and support staff. Executive Vice President for Facilities, TRUSTEES (as of September 2012) Joseph A. Ienuso William V. Campbell, Executive Vice President for Finance, Chair Anne Sullivan Mark E. Kingdon, Executive Vice President of Student and Vice Chair Administrative Services, Jeffrey F. Scott Philip L. Milstein, FACULTY SIZE (FALL 2012) Vice Chair Full-Time Instructional Employees Esta E. Stecher, Arts and Sciences 931 Vice Chair Morningside Grad & Professional 536 Medical Center 2,199 Richard E. Witten, University Total 3,666 Vice Chair FACULTY RESEARCH (FY 2011-2012) Rolando Acosta Ann F. Kaplan Armen A. Avanessians Jonathan Lavine Sponsored Project Expenditures $1.3B Lee C. Bollinger Gerry Lenfest License Revenue $162M A’Lelia Bundles Paul J. Maddon Patents Awarded 77 José A. Cabranes Vikram Pandit Technologies licensed to start-up companies 16 Lisa Carnoy Michael B. Rothfeld STAFF SIZE (FALL 2012) Kenneth A. Forde Jonathan D. Schiller Full-Time Non-instructional Employees Noam Gottesman Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Joseph A. Greenaway Faye Wattleton Medical Total James T. Harden Morningside Center Research 828 1,085 1,913 SENIOR LEADERSHIP Libraries 147 10 157 Administration 3,550 2,393 5,943 President, Lee C. Bollinger Support staff 1,932 1,263 3,195 University 6,457 4,751 11,208 Provost, John Coatsworth Total Senior Executive Vice President, Robert Kasdin Executive Vice President for Arts & Sciences, Nicholas B. Dirks Executive Vice President for Health & Biomedical Sciences, Lee Goldman UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT COSTS Columbia College, Entering Fall Class 2011-2012 2012-2013 2000 2005 2012 Tuition and fees $45,290 $47,346 Applications 13,463 15,793 25,834 Room and board $11,020 $11,496 Admitted students 1,749 1,693 1,795 Total $56,310 $58,842 Admit rate 13% 11% 7% Enrolled students 1,012 1,024 1,101 UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID Yield rate 58% 60% 61% (2011-2012) Engineering, Entering Fall Class Columbia Engineering General 2000 2005 2012 College Studies Applications 2,439 2,332 6,017 Total aid $81, 155 $31,026 $13,627 Admitted students 661 625 567 spending Admit Rate 27% 27% 9% Total tuition $197,662 $64,123 $56,815 Enrolled students 317 315 325 income Yield Rate 48% 50% 57% Aid as a % 41% 48% 24% of tuition STUDENT ENROLLMENT (FALL 2012) CAPITAL SPENDING (FY 2011-2012) Undergraduate 8,274 Morningside Graduate and Professional 13,942 New construction & acquisitions: $219M Medical Center 4,278 Renovations: $191M Continuing Education & Special Programs 2,330 University Total 28,824 BUDGET INFORMATION For year ended June 30, 2012 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROFILE Revenues $3.71B Percentage of students who are non-resident aliens Tuition & fees 21% (Fall Enrollment): 2000 2005 2012 Government grants & contracts 18% Undergraduate 6% 7% 13% Private gifts, grants, & contracts 12% Morningside Graduate and 31% 32% 40% Other educational & research activities 5% Professional Medical faculty practice plans 23% Medical Center 7% 12% 8% Investment income & gains utilized 11% Continuing Education & 37% 27% 22% Other 3% Special Programs University Total 19% 20% 26% Expenses $3.43B Instruction, research & educational 36% administration Number of countries represented, Fall 2011: 152 Research 17% Medical faculty practice plans 22% Most-represented countries, Fall 2011: China, South Library 2% Korea, India, Canada and France. Operation & maintenance of plant 7% Institutional support DEGREES AWARDED (2011-2012) 5% Auxiliary enterprises 2% Undergraduate 1,847 Depreciation 6% Morningside Graduate 6,491 Interest 2% Morningside Professional 469 Other 1% Medical Center 1,320 Certificates 731 University Total 10,858 ALUMNI We have 299,928 alumni living in the United States, its territories, and nearly 200 foreign countries. FUND-RAISING (FY 2012) Total number of gifts 73,305 Total number of donors 55,165 Total fund-raising amount $490M ENDOWMENT Market value as of June 30, 2012: $7.6B CONTACT INFORMATION Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 10027 www.columbia.edu General Information 212.854.1754 Other Contacts 212.854.4900 Visitors Center www.columbia.edu/content/ visitors-center 212.854.5573 Columbia University www.news.columbia.edu Office of Public Affairs /contactus 212.305.3900 Medical Center www.cumc.columbia.edu/ Office of External Affairs dept/cs/about/ea Alumni Relations 212.870.2530 212.854.2271 Library Information library.columbia.edu Planning & Institutional www.columbia.edu/cu/opir Research .
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