English at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you are interested in studying english, 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 has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

Columbia English Rankings

The english language major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	42
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Columbia English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of english language master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from Columbia, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170

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.