9. Columbia University
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Established in 1754, Columbia University is an Ivy League school located in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Over the years it has grown into one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Those who admitted here can study architecture, arts, business, engineering, arts and sciences, international and public affairs, journalism law, learn how to be a teacher, a doctor, nurse, and more.
Columbia has numerous famous alumni, including three US Presidents – Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Barack Obama, – as well as 26 foreign Heads of State. Authors J.D. Salinger, Isaac Asimov, and Hunter S. Thompson also attended Columbia.
Columbia’s endowment is estimated a $9 billion, and nearly 28,000 students are learning here.
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