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Columbia University in the City of New York PhD in Genetics

6 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

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

Genetics is a major offered under the biological and biomedical 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 genetics, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Genetics 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 average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

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

Does Columbia Offer an Online PhD in Genetics?

Online degrees for the Columbia genetics doctor’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 Doctorate Student Diversity for Genetics

6 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
100.0% Women
50.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 6 doctor’s degrees in genetics awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

All of the students who received their PhD in genetics in 2019-2020 were women.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the genetics doctor’s degrees at Columbia in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

PhD in Genetics Focus Areas at Columbia

Genetics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Genetics 6

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to genetics.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 13
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 22
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 4
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 6

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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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