by our College Data Analytics Team
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Teachers College at Columbia University was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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College Factual ranked Teachers College as #12 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Teachers College held the #42 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Teachers College also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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Data for the student to faculty ratio for this school has not been reported.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Teachers College at Columbia University is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The student loan default rate at Teachers College is 1.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Teachers College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 525 W 120Th St, New York, NY 10027 |
| Phone: | 212-678-3000 |
| Website: | www.tc.columbia.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/columbia |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/columbia |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,444 students took at least one online class at Teachers College at Columbia University. This is a decrease from the 4,462 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,444 | 535 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,462 | 3,251 |
| 2018-2019 | 624 | 169 |
| 2017-2018 | 648 | 152 |
| 2016-2017 | 524 | 144 |
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Footnotes
*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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