Facts and Figures
July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022

Students
Numbers
- 14,375 graduates since 1892
- 715 students currently enrolled in degree programs (MS, DNP, PhD)*
- 161 students currently enrolled in the non-degree OPEN (Online Prerequisites for Entry to Nursing) program*
*As of September 21, 2022
Demographics (for enrolled degree and non-degree students)
- Average age of enrolled students: 29*
- Age range: 20–65*
- States represented: 34*
- Countries represented: 24*
- Students who identify as men: 14%*
- Students who identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander: 48%*
*As of September 21, 2022
Admissions
- Average undergraduate GPA: 3.5
- Top careers of entrants into the Masters Direct Entry program: public health, business, education, social work, and law
- Students who receive financial aid: 89%
Faculty and Staff
Dean
Numbers
- 68 full-time faculty members
- 23 attending faculty members
- 201 part-time faculty members
- 474 clinical faculty members (preceptors)
Demographics
- 45% of full-time and part-time faculty identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or Pacific Islander
- 7% of full-time and part-time faculty identify as men
- 59% of staff identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander **
Honors
- 31 faculty are Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing*
- 18 faculty are Fellows of the New York Academy of Medicine
- 4 faculty are members of the National Academy of Medicine
- 2 faculty are U.S. Fulbright Scholar alumni
- 10 faculty are Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame recipients*
- 4 faculty are Fellows of the American College of Medical Informatics
- 4 faculty are Fellows of the American Heart Association*
*Through 2022
**Does not include multiracial staff or those who choose not to disclose their race
Academics
- Degrees offered: MS, DNP, PhD
- Non-degree, certificate, and subspecialty programs
- Non-degree OPEN (Online Prerequisites for Entry to Nursing) program
- Certificate of Professional Achievement in Transgender Non-Binary (Trans NB) Health Care for Advance Practice Nurses and PAs
- Certificate of Professional Achievement in Palliative Care Throughout the Lifespan for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)
- Subspecialty programs in Oncology and Women's Health
- Class size
- Masters Direct Entry program: didactic classes, 40; clinical simulation classes, 8; clinical placement integration, 1:1
- DNP program: 23
- Nurse Anesthesia program: 38
- PhD program: 4
- National licensure and certification exam pass rates
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 82.35%*
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 83.33%**
- Family Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 100%**
- Masters Direct Entry program NCLEX-RN (NCSBN): 91.4%***
- Midwifery program (AMCB): 87.5%**
- Masters in Nurse Anesthesia program (NCE): 92%**
- Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program (PNCB): 93%**
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program (ANCC): 100%**
- Job placement upon graduation: 95%
- Ranked #6 among the “2023 Best Nursing Schools: Master’s” 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 2022
**Class of 2021
***Class of 2020
Clinical Care
- 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
- 178 clinical partnership practice sites throughout New York City
- 19 global clinical integration sites in 17 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
*This is the pre-pandemic count of clinical integration sites. During the height of the pandemic, students participated in virtual global projects with partners in 10 countries. Many of the in-person sites have since reopened, while others are in the process of reopening. A few remain on pause, due to the pandemic or local conflicts; in addition, two new sites have been added.
Research
- #1 among U.S. schools of nursing in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for fiscal year 2022*
- Over $17 million in federal and nonfederal funds awarded in fiscal year 2022**
- 55 active grants in fiscal year 2021-2022**
* October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022
** July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
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 DNP (2004)
- First U.S. nursing school to launch a Certificate of Professional Achievement in Transgender Non-Binary (Trans NB) Health Care for Advance Practice Nurses and PAs
- Only U.S. nursing school designated a Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO)