Columbia vs Yale University

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	Columbia University	Yale University
Overview
Location	New York, New York	New Haven, Connecticut
Campus setting	City: Large	City: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	99.0%	98.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	4.1%	5.3%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $85 Graduate: $120	Undergraduate: $80 Graduate: $105
SAT range	1470 - 1570	1480 - 1580
ACT range	34 - 35	33 - 35
Students submitting SAT score	43.0%	54.0%
Students submitting ACT score	28.0%	35.0%
Total number of applicants	61,110	47,240
Total number of admissions given out	2,524	2,509
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,641	1,786
Yield rate	65.0%	71.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Not required	Not required
Recommendation letters	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$90,882	$82,170
Average net price	$12,411	$20,605
Tuition	$60,514	$59,950
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,450 Meal plan: $6,000	Room/dormitory: $10,100 Meal plan: $7,700
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	53.0% Average amount $57,726	58.0% Average amount $58,715
Students receiving federal student loan	7.0% Average amount $5,511	5.0% Average amount $4,879
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $34,119	0.0% Average amount $5,094

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	8,832 Men 50.6% Women 49.4%	6,536 Men 48.6% Women 51.4%
Graduate students	24,944 Men 44.8% Women 55.2%	8,031 Men 46.3% Women 53.7%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	N/A	93.6%
International students	37.0%	21.6%
Campus local/setting	City: Large	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	13,071	5,576
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	Yes
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	N/A	California New York Connecticut Texas New Jersey

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Health Professions Engineering Computer and Information Science Public Administration and Social Service	Business Health Professions Biological and Biomedical Sciences Social Sciences Legal Profession
Students to faculty ratio	6:1	6:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	New England Commission on Higher Education

Outcome
Graduation rate	97.4%	96.9%
Dropout rate	1.7%	2.5%
Transferred out	0.7%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Law (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $193,362 Year 2: $180,752 Year 3: $230,020 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $162,427 Year 2: $170,426 Year 3: $179,305 Management Information Systems and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $153,730 Year 2: $160,605 Year 3: $167,216 Computer Science (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $133,851 Year 2: $143,033 Year 3: $166,695 Operations Research (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $111,312 Year 2: $114,503 Year 3: $148,040 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $108,903 Year 2: $103,078 Year 3: $135,658 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $115,222 Year 2: $127,993 Year 3: $131,926 Construction Management (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $98,322 Year 2: $110,878 Year 3: $125,926 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $111,569 Year 2: $109,659 Year 3: $119,899 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $92,223 Year 2: $100,127 Year 3: $118,332	Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $133,998 Year 2: $122,038 Year 3: $168,803 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $150,882 Year 2: $147,858 Year 3: $167,455 Law (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $76,705 Year 2: $132,032 Year 3: $165,012 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $132,023 Year 2: $132,866 Year 3: $142,164 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $115,929 Year 2: $111,017 Year 3: $117,291 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $95,157 Year 2: $98,213 Year 3: $112,141 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $88,985 Year 2: $95,473 Year 3: $95,527 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $87,166 Year 2: $86,621 Year 3: $91,001 Medicine (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $64,834 Year 2: $63,625 Year 3: $73,597 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,489 Year 2: $58,522 Year 3: $72,034

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