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

Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN

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
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): 66.67%*
- 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 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

#4 among U.S. schools of nursing in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for fiscal year 2021*
$17 million (estimated) in federal and nonfederal funds awarded in fiscal year 2022**
55 active grants in fiscal year 2021-2022**

* October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021
** 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)