German Language & Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every german language & literature school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the german language 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.

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

Columbia German Language & Literature Degrees Available

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

Columbia German Language & Literature Rankings

The german language major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for German Language & Literature. 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in german language, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

German Language Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of german language bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women. The typical german language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 39% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in german language at Columbia are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its german 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 german language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Columbia German Language & Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of german language master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the german language master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 35% better 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 master's in german language.

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

Related Majors

Careers That German Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in german 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
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	3,130	$87,670

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.