Latin American Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study latin american studies, 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 Latin American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Latin American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Studies
• Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies

Columbia Latin American Studies Rankings

The latin american studies major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Latin American Studies. 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.

Latin American Studies Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Latin American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of latin american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical latin american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its latin american studies 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 latin american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Columbia Latin American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of latin american studies master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in latin american studies each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than 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 master's in latin american studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• African Studies
• Central & Eastern European Studies
• Russian Studies
• South Asian Studies
• Western European Studies

Careers That Latin American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in latin american studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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.