The main focus area for this major is German Language & Literature. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Germanic Languages is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in German, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for German majors, Columbia came in at #5. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in New York.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Columbia was $1,896 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,864 | $57,864 |
Fees | $2,668 | $2,668 |
Books and Supplies | $1,318 | $1,318 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,394 | $12,394 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,220 | $2,220 |
Learn more about Columbia tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Columbia German bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
About 33.3% of the students who received their BA in German in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 55.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in German at Columbia in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Germanic Languages students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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German Language & Literature | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to Germanic languages.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 28 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 10 |
Romance Languages | 40 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages | 18 |
Classical Languages & Literature | 13 |
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*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.