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Nursing at Columbia University in the City of New York

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Columbia University in the City of New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Nursing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

Columbia Nursing Rankings

There were 146 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Nursing Master’s Program

83% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 60
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 138
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 36

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Columbia University in the City of New York. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 358
Nursing Practice 140
Nursing Science 12

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Columbia University in the City of New York.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Registered Nurses 182,490 $85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers 25,830 $143,030
Nurse Practitioners 13,710 $120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors 4,380 $91,900
Nurse Anesthetists 1,770 $191,130

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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