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Columbia Residential serves students in specified eligible full-time degree programs. Columbia College and Columbia Engineering undergraduates use a separate Columbia Housing system. Check the student’s exact program before treating a university apartment as an option.
Open the sourced answer →Columbia publishes a $99,774 estimated 2026–27 budget for its College and Engineering undergraduate cohort. The estimate combines tuition, fees, food, housing, books and personal expenses. It is a planning budget for that cohort; travel and local transit vary by student.
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