by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Electrical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in EE, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Online degrees for the Columbia EE 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.
About 15.2% of the students who received their PhD in EE in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 17.2%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in EE at Columbia in 2019-2020, 15.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 9%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 26 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 33 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 15 |
| Chemical Engineering | 10 |
| Civil Engineering | 8 |
| Engineering Physics | 4 |
| Environmental Engineering | 10 |
*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.