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    Columbia University

    Established

    1754

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    Columbia University

    About

    Private university based in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It was originally named King's Colllege before its 1784 renaming after the American Revolution.

    Trivia

    In 2016, the school was ranked #3 overall amongst U.S. national universities and first among Ivy League universities by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. 

    #20 school

    Columbia University Past and Present Attendees

    Barack Obama

    Barack Obama, 63

    1

    Timothée Chalamet

    Timothée Chalamet, 28

    2

    Ray William Johnson

    Ray William Johnson, 43

    3

    Alicia Keys

    Alicia Keys, 43

    4

    Jake Gyllenhaal

    Jake Gyllenhaal, 43

    5

    Martha Stewart

    Martha Stewart, 83

    6

    Lauren Graham

    Lauren Graham, 57

    7

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    8

    Emmy Rossum

    Emmy Rossum, 38

    9

    Lauryn Hill

    Lauryn Hill, 49

    10

    Katie Holmes

    Katie Holmes, 45

    11

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 43

    12

    Ben Platt

    Ben Platt, 31

    13

    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Neil deGrasse Tyson, 66

    14

    Julia Stiles

    Julia Stiles, 43

    15

    Warren Buffett

    Warren Buffett, 94

    16

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)

    17

    Jenny Slate

    Jenny Slate, 42

    18

    Kate McKinnon

    Kate McKinnon, 40

    19

    Kelsey Asbille

    Kelsey Asbille, 33

    20

    Dylan Geick

    Dylan Geick, 26

    21

    Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, 47

    22

    Anna Paquin

    Anna Paquin, 42

    23

    Chelsea Clinton

    Chelsea Clinton, 44

    24

    Casey Affleck

    Casey Affleck, 49

    25

    Stanley Kubrick

    Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

    26

    Anthony Perkins

    Anthony Perkins (1932-1992)

    27

    Langston Hughes

    Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

    28

    Matthew Fox

    Matthew Fox, 58

    29

    Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

    30

    Lou Gehrig

    Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)

    31

    John Jay

    John Jay (1745-1829)

    32

    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)

    33

    Ed Harris

    Ed Harris, 73

    34

    Amanda Peet

    Amanda Peet, 52

    35

    Ezra Koenig

    Ezra Koenig, 40

    36

    Zora Neale Hurston

    Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)

    37

    Robert Kraft

    Robert Kraft, 83

    38

    Sandy Koufax

    Sandy Koufax, 88

    39

    Ebon Moss-Bachrach

    Ebon Moss-Bachrach, 46

    40

    Cinta Laura

    Cinta Laura, 31

    41

    Jack Kerouac

    Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

    42

    Brian De Palma

    Brian De Palma, 84

    43

    Pritika Swarup

    Pritika Swarup, 26

    44

    Dorothea Lange

    Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)

    45

    Marcellus Wiley

    Marcellus Wiley, 49

    46

    Max Kellerman

    Max Kellerman, 51

    47

    Allen Ginsberg

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)

    48

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    New York School #2
    Ivy League School #4

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