Columbia University
- Diversity

Accepting & Diverse

Lots of different ethnicities. The most represented ethnic groups are white and Asian but these do not make up a heavy majority. Everyone seems to mix well.

Diverse and Tolerant

It could always stand to be more diverse and get a broader range of students, but compared to most schools (and certainly compared to where I'm from) it has a great diversity of ethnicity/race (especially internationally), a decent one economically, a decent one politically (lots of liberal people but as a left-wing person I still feel reluctant to say anything forceful about politics), and outstanding sexual orientation-wise. Almost everyone I've encountered is at the very least tolerant and somewhat open-minded, as much as you need to have a pretty comfortable community.

One of the Most Diverse Schools in the U.S.

If you like a lot of diversity on campus, then CU is for you. You name the student organization and they have it here. There are a very large number of foreign transfer students here as well (my Russian roommate happens to be one). Many students coming from Asian countries, like China, find this to be one of the best schools to attend I hear.

I think offering so many transfer students the opportunity to study here is good but it also makes the classes notoriously challenging to register for, even during the early registration window. Also, the campus feels kind of crowded at times...

There really aren't any issues with diversity here, regardless of the context one chooses to frame it in; whether economic, political, or sexual. Columbia prides itself on being a leader in global diversity and succeeds quite famously.