Alumni Registers & Directories
Graduates at Commencement, 1964
The University Archives has alumni registers and directories, both from the University as a whole and from the individual schools (Architectures, Business, Columbia College, Engineering, General Studies, Journalism, Law, etc.).
- Alumni Directories generally list students who have graduated, who are still alive, and who have shared contact information. In addition to the large Columbia University volumes, there are individual school or program directories.
- Alumni Registers list former students, including those who are no longer living.
Go to the Alumni Directories and Registers finding aid to see more information, view online volumes, and to request access to print materials.
Print materials are available by appointment only in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
If you cannot find the volume for the school or program you are interested in, please contact the University Archives at uarchives@columbia.edu.
Alumni Registers & Directories Available Online
Class of 1894 at reunion, 1914.
Columbia University Alumni Register 1754-1931
Containing 99,721 names of both graduates and non-graduates from 1754 through 1931, this register may include for each former student:
- Name
- Academic connection with Columbia (degree, class, school),
- Address (as of 1931)
- Occupation (as of 1931)
- Information about honorary degree recipients and types of degrees offered by the University through 1931.
Pre-1931 Alumni Registers
Pre-1931 editions of the Register, sometimes called the Catalogue, which include the names of all the graduates of the University and their degrees, are organized by school and by year and a list of honorary degree recipients. Volumes also contain geographical and alphabetical indexes of graduates.
Columbia Alumni & Officers
In addition to the Alumni Registers, these are some other sources for Columbia alumni and officers.
- Catalogue of matriculants who have not graduated, 1758-1897.
Supplement to the General Catalogue of 1894. New York: Published for the University, 1897.
- Alumni Directory, Revised to January 1897
By the Association of the Alumni of Columbia College. Printed by the Order of the Association, 1897.
- Columbia University Officers and Alumni 1754-1857
By Milton Halsey Thomas. Compiled for the Committee on General Catalogue. New York: Columbia University Press, 1936.
- King's College Alumni
By Leonhard Felix Fuld. New York, 1913 (biographical sketches, organized by class year, for classes 1758 to 1775, material originally appeared in the Columbia Quarterly.)
- The New York School of Social Work Graduate Directory, 1898-1956
New York: International Press, 1956.