Columbia University Alumni

International Students

43.9

% of international students in the university

14000

Total International Students in the university

Take a look at some well-known people who studied at Columbia University. They’ve gone on to do great things in different fields around the world.

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement/Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

BA in Political Science

1983

Alexander Hamilton

Founding Father of the U.S.

BA

1778

Jake Gyllenhaal

Actor

BA in Eastern Religions

2002

Warren Buffett

Investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

MS in Economics

1951

Allen Ginsberg

Poet and activist

BA in English

1948

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

JD

1907

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

JD

1959

Isaac Asimov

Author and biochemist

PhD in Chemistry

1948

Lou Gehrig

Baseball Hall of Famer

BA

1923

Langston Hughes

Poet and social activist

BA in English

1929

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist and science communicator

BA in Physics

1980

Timothée Chalamet

Actor

BA in Cultural Anthropology

2013

B.R. Ambedkar

Indian social reformer and politician

MA in Economics

1915

Amelia Earhart

Aviation pioneer

Attended

N/A

Zora Neale Hurston

Author and anthropologist

BA in Anthropology

1928

Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. Secretary of State

PhD in Public Law and Government

1976

Robert Kraft

Owner of the New England Patriots

MBA

1965

Ursula Burns

Former CEO of Xerox

MS in Mechanical Engineering

1980

Art Garfunkel

Singer and actor

MA in Mathematics

1967

Casey Affleck

Actor and director

BA in Physics

1997

 

Students

1,986

Yocketers Applied

848

Yocketers Admitted

12,085

Yocketers Interested

Columbia University admitted student profiles

GRE

321

TOEFL

106

IELTS

8

Profiles that got Into Columbia University

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Aritra Dutta
fall 2024
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GRE 318

TOEFL 107

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Meghna Govind
fall 2024
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IELTS 6.5

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Mandar Mohite
fall 2024
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IELTS 7.5

GRE 316

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Kritika Sharma
fall 2024
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IELTS 7

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Rajdeep Das
fall 2024
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TOEFL 112

GRE 326

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Yuvraaj Pasumarthy
fall 2024
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Pratyusha Reddy Manda
fall 2024
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IELTS 9

GRE 321

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Parth Salke
fall 2024
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TOEFL 101

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