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Columbia University in the City of New York BS in Computer Engineering

19 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is General Computer Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Computer Engineering is a major offered under the engineering 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 CE, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Columbia BS in CE

#20 in the U.S
#1 in New York

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Columbia is in the top 10% of the country for CE. More specifically it was ranked #20 out of 258 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in New York.

Here are some of the other rankings for Columbia.

Ranking TypeRank
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $48-$75k)4
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k)4
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Computer Engineering Graduates5
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $48-$75k)5
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $30-$48k)5
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $48-$75k)6
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k)8
Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools8
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $30-$48k)9
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $30-$48k)9
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k)9
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $0-$30k)10
Highest Paid Computer Engineering Graduates16
Best Computer Engineering Schools20
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (With Aid)21
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools22
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $0-$30k)29
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $0-$30k)30
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering35
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering Graduates36
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (With Aid)69
Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans74
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (With Aid)76
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering82
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income Over $110k)92
Most Popular Colleges for Computer Engineering99
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering109
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering148
Best Computer Engineering Colleges for Veterans165
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans166
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income Over $110k)208
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income Over $110k)218
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering230
Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering234
Most Focused Colleges for Computer Engineering255
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering270

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in CE from Columbia Cost?

$60,532 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Columbia Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Columbia paid an average of $1,896 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
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.

Does Columbia Offer an Online BS in CE?

Columbia does not offer an online option for its CE bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.

Columbia Bachelor’s Student Diversity for CE

19 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
15.8% Women
26.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 19 students received their bachelor’s degree in CE. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in CE in 2019-2020, 15.8% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 15.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in CE at Columbia in 2019-2020, 26.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian2
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino2
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White7
International Students6
Other Races/Ethnicities2

BS in CE Focus Areas at Columbia

Computer Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
General Computer Engineering19

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
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Chemical Engineering39
Civil Engineering28
Electrical Engineering45
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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.

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