by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Environmental Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Environmental Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in environmental engineering, 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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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 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the environmental engineering master’s degree program at Columbia. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
About 66.0% of the students who received their MS in environmental engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 47.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in environmental engineering at Columbia in 2019-2020, 1.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 18%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| 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 | 46 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Environmental Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Environmental Engineering | 53 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 86 |
| Chemical Engineering | 59 |
| Civil Engineering | 113 |
| Computer Engineering | 29 |
| Electrical Engineering | 182 |
*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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