Columbia University in the City of New York
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Details
- Name: Columbia University in the City of New York
- Location: New York, NY 10027
- Control: Private Non-Profit
- Accreditation: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 4.23%
- Average SAT Scores 1547
- Four Year Completion Rate 79.91% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 94.96% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 96.33% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year79.9%6 Year95.0%8 Year96.3% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $86,042 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $69,045 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $69,045 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $18,750 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $21,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $13,275 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $6,342 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $4,975 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $5,195 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $15,368 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $44,695 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $88,535 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $83,776 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $98,435 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $91,530 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $102,491 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,618 |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $53,794 | $33,428 | $108,903 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,324 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,428 |
| Engineering Mechanics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,826 |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,257 |
| Literature | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $71,727 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,500 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Operations Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $87,327 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,021 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $75,267 | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,988 |
| Classical and Ancient Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Metallurgical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,726 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mining and Mineral Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $60,768 | No data | $40,198 |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,855 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Science Technologies/Technicians, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,906 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $63,876 | $49,484 | $52,096 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,546 |
| Materials Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $95,400 | $69,759 | $40,546 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,302 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $76,577 | $55,585 | $73,902 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,374 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,253 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,885 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,826 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |