by our College Data Analytics TeamEconomics is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in economics, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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If you're the kind of person who enjoys working with numbers and solving tough problems, a graduate degree in economics may be for you.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Columbia paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Columbia does not offer an online option for its economics doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
Women made up around 31.0% of the economics students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 32.8%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in economics at Columbia in 2019-2020, 6.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 11%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 21 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Economics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Economics | 2 |
| Econometrics & Quantitative Economics | 27 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to economics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | 12 |
| Anthropology | 5 |
| Political Science & Government | 16 |
| Sociology | 13 |
*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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