Students 

Numbers 

• 13,545 graduates since 1892  
• 842 students currently enrolled in degree programs (MS, DNP, PhD) 
• 147 students currently enrolled in non-degree program (Online Prerequisites for Entry to Nursing program) 

Demographics (for enrolled degree- and non-degree students) 

• Average age of enrolled students: 29 
• Age range: 21–71 
• 35 states represented 
• 26 countries represented 
• 13% of students identify as men 
• 49% of students identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander 

Admissions 

• Average undergraduate GPA: 3.4  
• Top careers entering the Masters Direct Entry program: Education, Public Health, Business, Law, Social Work  
• 92% of students receive financial aid  

Faculty and Staff 

Dean 

• Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN 

Numbers 

• 68 full-time faculty members 
• 23 attending faculty members 
• 46 part-time faculty members  
• 450 clinical faculty members (preceptors)  

Demographics* 

• 31% of full-time and part-time faculty identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander 
• 12% of full-time and part-time faculty identify as men 
• 61% of staff identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander 

*Current as of October 2020 

Honors* 

• 20 faculty who are Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
• 17 faculty who are Fellows of the New York Academy of Medicine
• 3 faculty who are members of the National Academy of Medicine
• 2 faculty who are U.S. Fulbright Scholar alumni
• 4 faculty who are Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame recipients
• 3 faculty who are Fellows of the American College of Medical Informatics

*Current as of October 2020 

Academic 

• Degrees offered: MS, DNP, PhD 
• One non-degree prerequisites program  
• Median class size 
  • Masters Direct Entry program: didactic classes, 40; clinical simulation classes, 8; 1:1 clinical placement integration 
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice program: 22 
  • Masters in Nurse Anesthesia program: 37 
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program: 7 
• National licensure and certification exam pass rates
  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 93%*
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 100%*
  • Family Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 100%*
  • Masters Direct Entry program NCLEX-RN (NCSBN): 94%**
  • Midwifery program (AMCB): 72%*
  • Masters in Nurse Anesthesia program (NCE): 94%*
  • Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program (PNCB): 100%*
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 100%*
• 95% job placement upon graduation  
• Ranked #1 for 2021 in “Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice” by U.S. News & World Report 
• Alumni hold leadership positions in hospitals, academia, federal agencies, professional organizations and associations, and state and local government 

*Class of 2019
**Class of 2020

Clinical 

• One of only eight nursing schools in the nation associated with a major academic medical center (Columbia University Irving Medical Center) 
• All clinical faculty maintain a faculty practice
• Faculty practice through the ColumbiaDoctors Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Group  
• 172 clinical partnership practice sites throughout New York City 
• 16 global clinical integration sites in 14 countries on 4 continents  
• Home to a 14-room, two-story, 16,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art simulation center, the Helene Fuld Health Trust Simulation Center 
• Among the first nursing schools in the country to use Pediatric HAL, the world’s most advanced pediatric patient simulator  

Research  

• #4 among U.S. schools of nursing in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for fiscal years 2019 - 2020*
• #1 among U.S. schools of nursing in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding for fiscal years 2015 - 2019**
• $14.8 million in federal and non-federal funds awarded in fiscal year 2020***
• 56 active grants in fiscal year 2020***

* July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2020
** July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2019
*** July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Nationwide Firsts 

• First U.S. nursing school to establish a graduate university-based midwifery program (1955) 
• First U.S. nursing school to award a master’s degree in a clinical nursing specialty (1956) 
• One of the first U.S. nursing schools to establish a Doctor of Nursing Practice program (2004) 
• Only U.S. nursing school designated a Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO)