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From the perspective of a liberal arts student, 30% male may be about what you might expect at Barnard/Columbia. </p>
<p>The traditional liberal arts division of Columbia University is Columbia College, which had 2,045 men and 2,202 women in Fall 2008. Add another ~ 2,350 Barnard women, and you get about 31% male on the liberal arts side. </p>
<p>Granted, a difference between BMC/HC and Barnard/Columbia is that the latter is not restricted to liberal arts; Columbia also has the Fu School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which is smaller but predominantly male (1,000 men and 461 women in 2008). Including SEAS, then collectively the ratio rises to nearly 38% male. However, my guess (which could be incorrect) is that students at Barnard students are more likely to have shared academic and social interests with those at Columbia College than those at Columbia SEAS.</p>