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Columbia University in the City of New York Master’s in General Social Sciences

29 Master's Degrees Awarded

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

General Social Sciences 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 master’s degree program in social sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Social Sciences from Columbia Cost?

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

Columbia Graduate Tuition and Fees

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

Does Columbia Offer an Online Master’s in Social Sciences?

Online degrees for the Columbia social sciences master’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.

Columbia Master’s Student Diversity for Social Sciences

29 Master's Degrees Awarded
69.0% Women
24.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 29 master’s degrees in social sciences handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 69.0% of the social sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.8%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 24.1% of the social sciences master’s degrees at Columbia in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 6
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Master’s in Social Sciences Focus Areas at Columbia

General Social Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences 29

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general social sciences.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Anthropology 32
Economics 128
International Relations & National Security 194
Political Science & Government 42
Sociology 25

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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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