by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Medicine. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Medicine is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in medicine, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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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 State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Online degrees for the Columbia medicine 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 47.1% of the students who received their Doctorate in medicine in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 48.4%.
Around 48.6% of medicine doctor’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 33 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 61 |
| International Students | 6 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 140 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to medicine.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 91 |
| Public Health | 5 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 65 |
| Nursing | 112 |
*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.