Thank You
On behalf of the Columbia Business School community, thank you for your generous support this past year.
In 2022-2023, more than 7,300 donors came together and demonstrated their commitment to our educational mission, offering countless hours of their time and expertise, and nearly $44 million in gifts. Over $6 million were critical contributions to unrestricted areas including the Annual Fund.
These investments made it possible for us to provide robust financial aid, recruit tremendous faculty, underwrite cutting-edge research, and explore new opportunities. Accelerating curriculum development across areas of disruption has been a priority. We have redesigned the private equity curriculum, expanded our climate and business curriculum, created many new courses in the digital future and AI, and reimagined our core course in finance as well as the gateway elective in capital markets. And with great excitement this fall, we welcomed our largest incoming class and launched the MBAxMS, a dual degree program in collaboration with the School of Engineering. Throughout, our tremendous Manhattanville spaces have supported our aspirations, spurring and accommodating pedagogical innovation across our programs, and propelling inspiring educational activities to which we can welcome an ever-widening community.
Our success relies on the input of many and we are deeply grateful for your endorsement of our aims. I am proud of all that we have done together and look forward to what we will achieve in the years ahead.
All the best,
Costis Maglaras
Dean and David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business
Columbia Business School
Your Impact
Columbia Business School develops leaders who will go on to change the world. We leverage our cutting-edge curriculum, groundbreaking research, and deep connection to industry and practice experts to deliver unmatched insights across key areas of business. Your support makes all of this possible.
The People of CBS
Our people make Columbia Business School the world-class institution that it is. The School’s ability to provide adequate financial aid enables the best and the brightest to attend CBS, regardless of their backgrounds or circumstances, and is a top funding priority. We are equally committed to supporting our renowned faculty and its influential research. Your investment in our community helps foster a uniquely engaging learning environment.
Curricular Innovation and
Thought Leadership
CBS stays at the forefront of business education through ground-breaking research, partnerships with practitioners, and teaching innovation. Our dynamic faculty understands how and when the business world is shifting and your support heightens opportunities for us to respond with new pedagogy to challenge and position our students for success.
The Annual Fund
Your contributions to the CBS Annual Fund bolster resources available for student financial aid, faculty research, and industry-focused programs that benefit students, alumni, and the business community. Annual giving frees up operating funds, making it much easier for the School to pursue new opportunities in an increasingly competitive marketplace without having to raise restricted resources.
By the Numbers
Our Community
- Students
- 2547
- Enrolled in all programs
- Total Financial Aid
- 25.10
- Million
- MBA
- 630
- Financial Aid Recipients
Our Community
- Alumni
- 52444
- Total
- Volunteers
- 745
- Alumni
- Faculty
- 153
- Full-time
Giving
- Donors
- 7389
- Total
- Alumni
- 5645
- Donors
- First-Time
- 973
- Donors
Giving
- Total Gifts
- 43.80
- Million
- Unrestricted Gifts
- 6.10
- Million
- Countries
- 79
- Represented
2023 Financials at a Glance
FY2023 Operating Revenue
FY2023 Operating Expenses
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The Digital Future
CBS has a role in advancing research and educating the next generation of leaders to succeed in and shape the digital economy.
Business and Climate Change
The Business and Climate Change Initiative focuses on markets and business skills to developsolutions to mitigate, adapt to, or reverse climate change and its impacts.
Leading Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Our programs have helped alumni launch more than 400 successful ventures with well-known names like Betterment, Beyond Meat, Untuckit, and IT Cosmetics.
The Future of Finance
CBS is blazing new trails in financial education and research—uncovering the nascent value of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, launching advanced algorithmic equity trading systems, and evolving Value Investing theory for the next generation of financial services professionals.
Business and Society
Columbia Business School is equipping students not only with the fundamentals of management, but also with the ability to address the sometimes competing demands of individuals, business, and society at large.