by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public health, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 |
public health who receive their master’s degree from Columbia make an average of $92,632 a year during the early days of their career. That is 87% higher than the national average of $49,599.
Online degrees for the Columbia public health 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.
Women made up around 83.2% of the public health students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 76.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 32.8% of the public health master’s degrees at Columbia in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 45 |
| Black or African American | 23 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 99 |
| International Students | 33 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 112 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 321 |
| Environmental Health | 24 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 16 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 108 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 53 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 57 |
| Nursing | 277 |
*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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