This is a list of Presidents of Columbia University in the state of New York.
| # | Image | President | Birth Year–Death Year | Years as President | Name of Institution | Notes | | 1 | Samuel Johnson | (1696–1772) | (1754–1763) | King's College |
| 2 | Myles Cooper | (1735–1785) | (1763–1775) | King's College |
| – | Benjamin Moore, A.B. 1768 | (1748–1816) | (1775–1784) | King's College | acting |
| – | George Clinton | (1739–1812) | (1784–1787) | Columbia College "in the State of New York" | Chancellor (Regents government) |
| 3 | William Samuel Johnson | (1727–1819) | (1787–1800) | Columbia College "in the City of New York" | Trustees government |
| 4 | Charles Henry Wharton | (1748–1833) | (1801–1801) | Columbia College |
| 5 | Benjamin Moore | (1748–1816) | (1801–1810) | Columbia College |
| 6 | William Harris | (1765–1829) | (1811–1829) | Columbia College | shares authority with Provost John Mitchell Mason until 1816 |
| 7 | William Alexander Duer | (1780–1858) | (1829–1842) | Columbia College |
| 8 | Nathaniel Fish Moore | (1782–1872) | (1842–1849) | Columbia College |
| 9 | Charles King | (1789–1867) | (1849–1863) | Columbia College | presides over move to Madison Avenue campus |
| 10 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard | (1809–1889) | (1864–1889) | Columbia College |
| 11 | Seth Low, A.B., 1870 | (1850–1916) | (1890–1901) | Columbia College | presides over move to Morningside Heights campus; name changes to "Columbia University in the City of New York" |
| 12 | Nicholas Murray Butler, A.B. 1882, M.A. 1883, Ph.D. 1884 | (1862–1947) | (1902–1945) | Columbia University |
| – | Frank D. Fackenthal, A.B. 1906 | (1883–1968) | (1945–1948) | Columbia University | (acting) |
| 13 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | (1890–1969) | (1948–1953) | Columbia University | on leave while Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, later 34th President of the United States |
| 14 | | Grayson L. Kirk | (1903–1997) | (1953–1968) | Columbia University | resigned after 1968 protests |
| 15 | Andrew W. Cordier | (1901–1975) | (1969–1970) | Columbia University |
| 16 | William J. McGill | (1922–1997) | (1970–1980) | Columbia University |
| 17 | Michael I. Sovern, B.A. 1953, J.D. 1955 | (1931– ) | (1980–1993) | Columbia University |
| 18 | George Erik Rupp | (1942– ) | (1993–2002) | Columbia University |
| 19 | Lee C. Bollinger, J.D. 1971 | (1947– ) | (2002– ) | Columbia University |