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Sustainability Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

Sustainability Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study sustainability 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 Sustainability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability
  • Master’s Degree in Sustainability

Columbia Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in sustainability, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sustainability Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability 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 sustainability.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 19
International Students 13
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Columbia Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

72% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 72% went to 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 sustainability.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 26
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 90
International Students 111
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Careers That Sustainability Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability 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
Professors 6,440 $112,000

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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