General Applied Mathematics at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a general applied math school? To help you decide if Columbia University in the City of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general applied math program.

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 General Applied Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia General Applied Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Applied Math
• Master’s Degree in General Applied Math

Columbia General Applied Mathematics Rankings

The general applied math major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Applied Mathematics. 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in general applied math, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Applied Math Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia General Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of general applied math bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical general applied math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general applied math 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 general applied math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Columbia General Applied Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of general applied math master's degrees went to men and 24% 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 general applied math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That General Applied Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in general applied math 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
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Actuaries	2,320	$150,950
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460
Statisticians	1,120	$95,870

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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