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

If you are interested in studying computer and 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 363 students received a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences from Columbia.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer and information sciences progam at Columbia compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Focused Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools	97

In 2021, 1,106 students received their master’s degree in computer and information sciences from Columbia. This makes it the #7 most popular school for computer and information sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer and 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 and information sciences majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The computer and information sciences program at Columbia awarded 363 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 63% of these degrees went to men with the other 37% going to women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% 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 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and 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 and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	98
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	100
International Students	95
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Columbia Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of computer and 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 and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	103
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	94
International Students	839
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 22 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and 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
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.