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Columbia University in the City of New York MSW in Social Work

502 Master's Degrees Awarded
YES Online Classes

Social Work is a concentration offered under the social work major at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in social work, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

Columbia Graduate Tuition and Fees

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. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$49,024$49,024
Fees$2,170$2,170

Does Columbia Offer an Online MSW in Social Work?

If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Columbia offers online option in its social work master’s degree program. 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 Work

502 Master's Degrees Awarded
90.4% Women
45.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 502 master’s degrees in social work handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in social work in 2019-2020, 90.4% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 87.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 45.4% of the social work master’s degrees at Columbia in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian57
Black or African American55
Hispanic or Latino91
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White213
International Students54
Other Races/Ethnicities32

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*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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