FACTS AND FIGURES
GRANTS
- Columbia awards more than $92M annually in Scholarships and Grants from
all sources. - 46% of Columbia students receive grants from Columbia and the average
amount awarded is $33,751. - 50% of Columbia students receive grants from any source.
- 15.7% of Columbia’s undergraduates receive the Pell Grant, a Federal
Grant reserved for the neediest students in the country. This percentage is
the highest in the Ivy League. - John Kluge’s recent gift of $400M for Columbia’s financial aid programs
is the single largest gift made to any university financial aid program.
LOANS
- Students are expected to borrow $0 to attend Columbia.
WORK-STUDY
- Students who receive grant are able to earn $2750 during their academic
year to help offset their expenses. This represents less than 10 hours a week
working in an on-campus job.
INCOME
- The median income of families receiving Columbia Grant is $83,487, but
many families who earn as much as $200,000 a year can qualify for financial
aid. - Parents earning $60,000 or less a year contribute $0 towards their
children’s Columbia education. - Parents earning between $60,000 and $100,000 have substantially lowered
contribution requirements. - Parents earning over $100,000 still can qualify for significant
financial aid from Columbia.









