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Columbia University in the City of New York Master’s in Public Administration

458 Master's Degrees Awarded

Public Administration is a concentration offered under the public administration major at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in public admin, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Public Admin from Columbia Cost?

$51,194 Average Tuition and Fees

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 Master’s in Public Admin?

Online degrees for the Columbia public admin 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.

Columbia Master’s Student Diversity for Public Admin

458 Master's Degrees Awarded
59.2% Women
16.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 458 master’s degrees in public admin handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 59.2% of the students who received their Master’s in public admin in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 60.4%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 16.2% of public admin master’s degree recipients at Columbia in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 30
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 24
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 77
International Students 299
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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.

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