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Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 262 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Columbia.

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

Columbia Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Columbia Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Columbia performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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
28
45
Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools 99

In 2021, 1,058 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Columbia. This makes it the #4 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 87 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Engineering Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at Columbia awarded 262 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 47
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 39
White 62
International Students 64
Other Races/Ethnicities 35

Columbia Engineering Master’s Program

39% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,058 engineering majors earned their master's degree from Columbia. Of these graduates, 61% were men and 39% were women.

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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 engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 53
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 85
International Students 853
Other Races/Ethnicities 43

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 87 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering 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
Operations Research 399
Electrical Engineering 232
Mechanical Engineering 205
Biomedical Engineering 166
Civil Engineering 147
Industrial Engineering 123
Chemical Engineering 114
Engineering Physics 41
Environmental Engineering 41
Computer Engineering 40

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Systems Software Developers 19,690 $115,120
Civil Engineers 16,790 $102,250
Industrial Engineers 12,030 $94,700
Mechanical Engineers 11,280 $91,820

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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