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Columbia University in the City of New York Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in psychology, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Psychology from Columbia Cost?

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 following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

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

Does Columbia Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

Columbia does not offer an online option for its psychology doctor’s degree program 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 Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 36 doctor’s degrees in psychology handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 83.3% of the psychology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 75.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

None of the psychology doctor’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at Columbia

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Child Development & Psychology	5
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	29
Other Psychology	2

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.