Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a engineering 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 engineering program.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,058 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Columbia Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Columbia Engineering Rankings

There were 87 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #35 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Columbia

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

Columbia Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 1,058 students who graduated with a master’s in engineering from Columbia in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	85
International Students	853
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Columbia University in the City of New York. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Operations Research	342
Electrical Engineering	213
Mechanical Engineering	157
Biomedical Engineering	130
Civil Engineering	126
Industrial Engineering	118
Chemical Engineering	85
Environmental Engineering	31
Engineering Physics	28
Computer Engineering	16

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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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