Top 2021 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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All 2021 Rankings For Columbia University in the City of New York
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 32 of 1711 |
| Middle Atlantic | 8 of 327 |
| New York | 4 of 132 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 700 of 1472 |
| Middle Atlantic | 122 of 285 |
| New York | 54 of 113 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 381 of 1472 |
| Middle Atlantic | 68 of 285 |
| New York | 31 of 113 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Middle Atlantic | |
| New York | 52 of 113 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 11 of 3548 |
| Ethnic | 155 of 3790 |
| Male / Female | 485 of 3789 |
| Location | 39 of 3514 |
Architecture & Related Services
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General Architecture
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Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 47 |
| Best Value | 18 of 47 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 581 |
| Most Focused | 60 of 581 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 82 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 47 |
| Best Value | 15 of 47 |
| Most Popular | 12 of 363 |
| Most Focused | 35 of 363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 48 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 36 of 466 |
| Most Focused | 101 of 466 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 652 |
| Best Value | 291 of 637 |
| Most Popular | 224 of 1720 |
| Most Focused | 841 of 1720 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 674 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | 184 of 608 |
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General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 625 |
| Best Value | 263 of 617 |
| Most Popular | 404 of 1638 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 652 |
Neurobiology & Neurosciences
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| Most Popular | 40 of 222 |
| Most Focused | 76 of 222 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 46 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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Business Administration & Management
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| Most Popular | 1121 of 2403 |
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Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 77 of 2319 |
| Most Focused | 229 of 2315 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 17 of 620 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 209 |
| Best Value | 99 of 200 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 778 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 779 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 14 of 217 |
Information Science
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Education
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General Education
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Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 57 of 323 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 134 of 998 |
| Most Focused | 172 of 998 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 343 |
Biomedical Engineering
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| Most Popular | 71 of 165 |
| Most Focused | 55 of 165 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 29 of 132 |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 134 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 183 |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 186 |
Computer Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 22 of 199 |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 206 |
Engineering Mechanics
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering Physics
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| Most Popular | 26 of 88 |
| Most Focused | 43 of 88 |
Environmental Engineering
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| Most Popular | 43 of 95 |
| Most Focused | 39 of 95 |
Industrial Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | 37 of 274 |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 278 |
Operations Research
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| Most Popular | 2 of 9 |
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English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 1 of 435 |
| Best Value | 159 of 416 |
| Most Popular | 64 of 1550 |
| Most Focused | 157 of 1548 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 508 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 444 |
| Best Value | 164 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 77 of 1431 |
| Most Focused | 172 of 1432 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 465 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 52 of 404 |
| Most Focused | 195 of 404 |
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Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 185 |
| Best Value | 83 of 183 |
| Most Popular | 34 of 1115 |
| Most Focused | 91 of 1114 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 206 |
Classical Languages & Literature
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| Most Popular | 3 of 226 |
| Most Focused | 39 of 225 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 73 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 130 of 267 |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 84 of 348 |
| Most Focused | 93 of 348 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | 2 of 58 |
| Most Focused | 4 of 58 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 5 of 151 |
| Best Value | 66 of 151 |
| Most Popular | 108 of 877 |
| Most Focused | 260 of 877 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 160 |
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages
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| Most Popular | 10 of 97 |
| Most Focused | 18 of 97 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 309 |
| Best Value | 123 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 1408 |
| Most Focused | 62 of 1403 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 331 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 313 |
| Best Value | 129 of 306 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 1408 |
| Most Focused | 62 of 1403 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 331 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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Mathematics & Statistics
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| Most Popular | 44 of 1438 |
| Most Focused | 82 of 1439 |
Applied Mathematics
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| Most Popular | 21 of 198 |
| Most Focused | 43 of 198 |
Mathematics
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| Most Popular | 123 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 318 of 1382 |
Statistics
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| Most Popular | 35 of 151 |
| Most Focused | 36 of 151 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 140 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 1403 |
| Most Focused | 645 of 1403 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 288 |
Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 8 of 48 |
| Most Focused | 15 of 48 |
Sustainability Science
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| Most Popular | 2 of 76 |
| Most Focused | 9 of 76 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 1 of 4 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 9 of 1011 |
| Most Focused | 101 of 1011 |
Philosophy
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| Most Popular | 9 of 804 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 802 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 7 of 45 |
| Most Focused |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | 94 of 541 |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 77 of 1382 |
| Most Focused | 180 of 1382 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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| Most Popular | 19 of 101 |
| Most Focused | 28 of 101 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | 512 of 1229 |
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Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Most Popular | 27 of 489 |
| Most Focused | 56 of 489 |
Materials Sciences
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Physics
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| Most Popular | 57 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 188 of 819 |
Psychology
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| Most Popular | 263 of 1699 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 870 |
Child Development & Psychology
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| Most Popular | 18 of 143 |
| Most Focused | 45 of 143 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 31 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 4 of 556 |
| Best Value | 215 of 539 |
| Most Popular | 46 of 1549 |
| Most Focused | 53 of 1550 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 16 of 593 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 125 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 94 of 542 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 542 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 128 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | 6 of 276 |
| Best Value | 96 of 273 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 818 |
| Most Focused | 36 of 816 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 280 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 366 |
| Best Value | 131 of 358 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 1217 |
| Most Focused | 33 of 1222 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 5 of 376 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 24 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 5 of 90 |
| Most Focused | 23 of 90 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 26 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 3 of 357 |
| Best Value | 144 of 347 |
| Most Popular | 245 of 1100 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 370 |
Urban Studies
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| Most Popular | 31 of 77 |
| Most Focused | 31 of 77 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 510 |
| Best Value | 212 of 483 |
| Most Popular | 168 of 2022 |
| Most Focused | 524 of 2022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 200 of 547 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Most Popular | 318 of 968 |
| Most Focused |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 2 of 333 |
| Best Value | 132 of 321 |
| Most Popular | 137 of 1369 |
| Most Focused | 407 of 1368 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 342 |
Music
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| Most Popular | 190 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | 522 of 1238 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
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| Most Popular | 2 of 48 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 48 |
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Veterans
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| Overall | 235 of 2104 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 47 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 47 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 648 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 625 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 40 of 525 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 208 |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 322 |
Chemical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 36 of 133 |
Civil Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 31 of 183 |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 28 of 200 |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 275 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 417 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 3 of 435 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 185 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 150 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 139 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 556 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 120 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 274 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 364 |
Social Sciences (Other)
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 1 of 24 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 351 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 508 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 333 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 515 of 2186 |
International Quality
International Value
