by our College Data Analytics TeamSustainability Studies is a concentration offered under the sustainability science major at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in sustainability, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Columbia paid an average of $1,974 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-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 sustainability master’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 64.7% of the sustainability students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 60.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in sustainability at Columbia in 2019-2020, 19.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 22%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 32 |
| International Students | 36 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 15 |
*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.
