Columbia acceptance rate
Columbia's acceptance rate has held near 4% since 2022. Five-year history, the post-rankings withdrawal effect, and the markets we're watching.
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At a glance
Columbia admitted 4.0% of applicants for the Class of 2029 — down from 3.66% for the Class of 2025. Prediction markets on next cycle's rate settle on the No exchange currently lists a market onColumbia's acceptance rate — this page is reported data, not odds.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.
Sources & further reading
- IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (opens in a new tab)National Center for Education Statistics
- Common Data Set Initiative (opens in a new tab)Common Data Set Initiative
- U.S. News Best Colleges rankings methodology (opens in a new tab)U.S. News & World Report
Frequently asked questions
What is Columbia's acceptance rate?
Columbia's most recently reported acceptance rate is 4.0% for the Class of 2029.
Has Columbia's acceptance rate been falling?
Over the last five reported cycles, Columbia's rate has moved from 3.66% (Class of 2025) to 4.0% (Class of 2029).
Can you bet on Columbia's acceptance rate on a prediction market?
No. As of 2026-09-18, neither Kalshi nor Polymarket lists a market on Columbia's acceptance rate. The listed college markets today are football and basketball boards plus Kalshi contracts on US News rankings, UC tuition and student debt.
