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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private (nonprofit) · 8,973 students · mostly bachelor degrees
203rd-cheapest of 328 New York colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$21,590
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$89,472
Graduation rate
96%
Admission rate
4%
Median graduate earnings
$102,491
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1553
Median ACT
35
Pell grant recipients
23%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
338 programsLegal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other · Graduate/Professional Certificate25 grads/yr$312,330Law · First Professional Degree427 grads/yr$308,943Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree82 grads/yr$251,708Dental Public Health and Education · Graduate/Professional Certificate41 grads/yr$220,151Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$194,365Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree391 grads/yr$188,265Management Information Systems, General · Master's Degree$184,384Dentistry · First Professional Degree98 grads/yr$182,326Mathematics and Statistics · Master's Degree493 grads/yr$167,848Operations Research · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$167,572Biostatistics · Master's Degree190 grads/yr$166,264Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree6 grads/yr$164,885Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree317 grads/yr$152,001Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree717 grads/yr$150,951Real Estate Development · Master's Degree141 grads/yr$144,863Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree97 grads/yr$144,395Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$143,332Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree302 grads/yr$142,412Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree154 grads/yr$137,970Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree360 grads/yr$137,710Sustainability Studies · Master's Degree271 grads/yr$123,641Construction Project Management · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$120,469Communication, General · Master's Degree83 grads/yr$120,003Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$117,252Management Science · Master's Degree1,746 grads/yr$116,859
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.