Computer & Information Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying computer & information sciences, you may want to check out the program at Columbia University in the City of New York. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

39% Women

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	114
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	81
International Students	118
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

47% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	167
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	109
International Students	1,075
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

The following computer & information sciences concentations are available at Columbia University in the City of New York. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Columbia University in the City of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	898
Computer Information Systems	500
Information Technology	106
Information Science	11

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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