by our College Data Analytics TeamBiomathematics & Bioinformatics is a major offered under the biological and biomedical sciences program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in biomathematics, such as diversity 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. 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 |
biomathematics who receive their master’s degree from Columbia make an average of $144,240 a year during the early days of their career. That is 100% higher than the national average of $72,120.
Online degrees for the Columbia biomathematics master’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 64.7% of the students who received their MS in biomathematics in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 55.7%.
Around 13.7% of biomathematics master’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 16 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 26 |
| International Students | 83 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 13 |
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biostatistics | 124 |
| Bioinformatics | 15 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomathematics and bioinformatics.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Biology | 33 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 2 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 5 |
| Genetics | 6 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 5 |
*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.