By 1912, the schools of journalism, oral surgery, library sciences and education had been added one after the other, and Columbia was formally named a university. At first, Columbia was a four-year college and only took men.
直至一九一二年，新聞學院、口腔外科、圖書館學系、教育學院…… 等相繼成立或納入，哥倫比亞才正式成為一所綜合大學。