Columbia University in the City of New York, usually referred to simply as Columbia University is a large, private Ivy League university founded in 1754 by George II of Great Britain, and is one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. It is the fifth oldest university in the United States and the oldest in the state of New York. It lies primarily in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, and serves a student body of about 7,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate students. Its medical school is affiliated with the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Columbia is the alma matter of Eric Foreman, who maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average as an undergraduate; Martha M. Masters, whose father was the chair of its classics department; and James Wilson, who attended its medical school.