Columbia acceptance rate
New York, NY · Last updated 2026-05-21
At a glance
Columbia's acceptance rate is 4.0% for the Class of 2029 — the most recent officially reported figure.
Columbia stopped reporting test stats, then watched its admit rate climb right back into the campus discourse.
What is Columbia's acceptance rate?
Columbia's most recently reported acceptance rate is 3.99% for the Class of 2029. Application volume has remained near 60,000 even after Columbia's high- profile withdrawal from the US News undergraduate ranking and the 2024 campus disruptions.
Five-year history
| Class | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.66% |
| 2026 | 3.95% |
| 2027 | 3.90% |
| 2028 | 3.86% |
| 2029 | 3.99% |
What's driving the trend
Columbia's rate ticked back up after the 2022 disclosures that the university had submitted inaccurate data to US News, which prompted Columbia to withdraw from the undergraduate ranking entirely. Applications softened briefly in 2024 amid protest-related coverage but recovered by the 2025 cycle.
Prediction markets on Columbia
Two tradable questions: does Columbia drop below 3.5% again, and does Columbia return to the US News ranking? Neither is listed yet.
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