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
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Columbia Nursing Rankings

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In 2021, 269 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Columbia. This makes it the #30 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 269 nursing majors earned their master's degree from Columbia. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Columbia, 50% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	135
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 146 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.