Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York

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 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 Science section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Columbia Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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 computer science, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical computer science 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 computer science 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 science.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer science 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 computer science.

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

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

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