Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
Master’s Degree in CompSci

Columbia Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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 compsci, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

38% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	113
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	74
International Students	116
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Columbia Computer Science Master’s Program

33% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 33% 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	77
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	54
International Students	424
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	898

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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 and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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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