<p>It's an Ivy. It's in NYC and it's highly ranked. But is it known much overseas? Is it considered as academically reputable as Harvard, Yale, Stanford or MIT? I want to tell my friend that is inquiring that it is, but I wanted to make sure with Columbians. What have your interactions with international students and experiences studying abroad taught you in this regard?</p>
<p>The most powerful man in the world Obama graduated from Columbia College.
The richest man in the world Warren Buffet graduated from Columbia Business school
and and more Nobel Prize winners are affiliated with Columbia than with any other university in the world</p>
<p>Everyone knows Columbia is top school…</p>
<p>I think Yale Stanford is not well known outside of US</p>
<p>I have noticed that Princeton is not that highly regarded outside the US. The same goes for Yale. It seems as though the big name schools are Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia and Chicago. It probably has more to do with more international students pursuing graduate studies than UG in the US. </p>
<p>Columbia is pretty well known in Europe from what I’ve heard. But what about Asia and Latin America?</p>
<p>I’m not sure we’re marketed anywhere near as well as Harvard. Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT have tended to do better on the name-awareness studies i’ve seen, although the international mix there is very variable.</p>
<p>Anecdotally, there are lots of students at Columbia who came from Latin America or grew up in family whose parents came from Latin America, so it’s not doing too badly there. Asia, I’m not sure - sometimes I think Chinese high school students are more aware of top American schools than the average American high school student.</p>
<p>zzgirl, you kidding me? Yale and Stanford are very well known internationally. Chicago, not so much. I would say that Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MIT are the most recognized, followed by Columbia, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Princeton.</p>
<p>Princeton, really? </p>
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<p>Latin America? That’s good to know. I was thinking about working in South America after graduating.</p>
<p>Texasoccer,</p>
<p>Columbia is very well recognized.</p>
<p>I cared a LOT about prestige back in HS, and worried constantly about the quality of the Columbia University brand-name. Two years later, I can honestly say, it doesn’t matter in the least, because Columbia has opened all the doors that I wanted to open and then some. The education, the experience, the opportunities here are second to none.</p>
<p>my family is from Venezuela</p>
<p>When I visited over the summer, I asked my family members what schools in the US they knew of, they were all able to name Harvard and Columbia. A couple knew Yale and Princeton. No one knew stanford.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about other regions of the world, but I know Columbia has HUGE appeal in Latin America</p>
<p>^that’s Colombia not Columbia you fool.</p>
<p>jk :p</p>
<p>You know, you’re right. I have noticed that a lot of Latin Americans know Columbia. A lot of international students I know really like SIPA and the political science department. </p>
<p>I think it’s also quite known in Europe.</p>
<p>Columbia is obviously in the top tier in terms of recognition. Most educated Europeans and Asians are aware of this. Latin America tends to focus on Harvard almost exclusively. A huge number of influential Latin Americans in government and business have a connection to Harvard. Since many of their economies have been in shambles for decades, I’m not sure if that’s a positive!</p>
<p>Yeah, there was a bitter struggle between the Harvard economists and the Chicago economists over Latin America. So I can see how both schools are well known in that region. I figured Columbia was known down there because of SIPA and other political programs. </p>
<p>So I imagine its quite well known in Asia too, right?</p>
<p>I love Columbia, and things are changing, but Columbia’s name rec is usually just behind Yale and Harvard worldwide. Ga Da does well in China and Asia, in Europe and throughout the world really. True global mark and brand.</p>
<p>In Latin America - Yale and Harvard are easily the best known, Yale (aka Jail) has a lot of in roads in Mexico and Brazil. Harvard has too. Columbia and Chicago (Chicago a bit moreso) are second tier in Latin America, but they are solid compared to other schools that have a very small presence.</p>
<p>In Asia - again Yale and Harvard. Columbia has a lot of long term relationships with Asian countries, but Yale and China are like bffs. Other schools do not have quite the long term relationships that CU, H and Y have.</p>
<p>Princeton, well if you are a Prince or Countess I am sure you have an increased chance of knowing about Pton. It has good name rec, I would say not at the level of Yale and Harvard abroad and probably closer to Columbia. I can say from spending time in Latin America that it was the name I least heard.</p>
<p>Princeton is little known among the general world population. If it is, it’s seen as just a good undergraduate institution for really rich kids. </p>
<p>I am surprised at how recognized Yale is sometimes whereas in other instances it’s hardly known. Yale in Latin America? Really? I figured it was Harvard, Chicago, and Columbia for Latin America. Michigan is occasionally brought up too for some reason. </p>
<p>No one disputes Harvard as the reigning king of international academic recognition. </p>
<p>Columbia though is known and not just by those in the know. Several international students from many different socio-economic backgrounds that I have spoken with know of Columbia. Although, they admit some know of it as Spiderman’s school.</p>