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Columbia University

Columbia Journalism School

Pulitzer Hall
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027



Academic Year Represented

2026

Mission Statement

Columbia Journalism School’s purpose is to educate students from all over the world to become conscientious, accomplished professional journalists. The school equips them to perform a vital and challenging function: through evidence-based reporting, to find out the truths of complicated situations, usually under time constraint, and communicate them to the public in a clear, engaging fashion. The school also produces and disseminates research about the changing contexts — legal, economic, technological, social — in which journalism takes place, with the aim of helping to shape the future of the profession and of training leaders in scholarship about our field.

Technology/Equipment/Facilities

The operations of the Journalism School exist within our building, Pulitzer Hall. It is a historic building, which creates opportunities and challenges. We regularly update our classrooms, studios, public spaces and equipment in order to stay up-to-date with the needs of our educational communities. Our guiding principle is to provide the students what they need in order to get the best education possible.

Undergraduate Degrees Offered

N/A

Graduate Degrees Offered

Master of Science in Journalism: Stabile Investigative Sequence Documentary Sequence Data Journalism Sequence Master of Arts in Journalism: Arts & Culture Concentration Business and Economics Concentration Politics Concentration Science Concentration

Majors

Master of Science in Journalism: Stabile Investigative Sequence Documentary Sequence Data Journalism Sequence Master of Arts in Journalism: Arts & Culture Concentration Business and Economics Concentration Politics Concentration Science Concentration

Tracks within Majors

Internships Accepted for Credit

N/A

Internships Facilitated

We have dedicated internship and fellowship positions for graduates of our programs. You can see the list of partner organizations here: https://journalism.columbia.edu/fellowships-internships.

Experiential and/or Immersion Programs for Credit

Online Options

Study-Abroad Options

Graduate Programs

Department Budget

$36,290,760


Amount Spent per Student

$144,010


Undergraduate Students

Undergrad Student Fees


Undergraduate Student Fees Exclusive of Housing and Meal Plan


Undergraduate Student Fees for Housing and Meal Plan


Undergrad In-State Tuition


Undergrad Out-of-State Tuition


Average Undergraduate Financial Aid


Average Undergraduate Student Debt


Graduate Students

Graduate Student Fees

$10,354


Graduate In-State Tuition

$81,500


Graduate Out-of-State Tuition

$81,500


Average Graduate Financial Aid

$35,000


Average Graduate Student Debt

$47,000


Enrollment Numbers

Total Accredited Unit Enrollment

252


Undergraduate Enrollment

0


Graduate Enrollment

252


Number of In-State Students


Percentage of In-State Students


Number of International Students

85


Percentage of International Students

34


Number of Students by Gender

Male


Female


Not Specified


Number of Students by Ethnicity

White


Black


Asian


Hispanic/Latino


Pacific Islands or Native Hawaiian


Native American or Native Alaskan


Other


Class Sizes

Average Size of Skill Based Classes

14


Average Size of Non-Skill Based Classes

14


Retention and Graduation

First Year Student (Freshman) Retention Rate at University


Four Year Completion Rate


Six Year Completion Rate


New Graduate Employment

Full-Time Employment within Six Months of Graduation


Full-Time Employment Within Field of Study


Part-Time Employment Within Field of Study


Full-Time Employment Not In Field of Study


Part-Time Employment Not In Field of Study


Attending a Graduate Program


Unemployed


Unknown Status


Faculty Appointments

Full-Time Faculty

37


Part-Time Faculty

70


Faculty with Tenure

14


Faculty on Tenure Track

5


Untenured Part-Time Faculty

70


Untenured Full-Time Faculty

18


Percentage of Faculty within Scholarship or Research Field

8


Number of Faculty by Gender

Male


Female


Unspecified


Number of Faculty by Ethnicity

White


Black


Asian


Hispanic/Latino


Pacific Island or Native Hawaiian


Native American or Native Alaskan


Other


Faculty-to-Student Ratio

Faculty-to-Student Ratio for All Classes

14


Faculty-to-Student Ratio for Skill Classes

14


Comments on Quantitative Numbers

Columbia Journalism School is one of three programs in the country that offers journalism degrees only at the graduate level. We are the only degree-granting journalism program in an Ivy League university. Columbia University is a large, urban, research university with an increasingly global reach. There are three undergraduate schools, fifteen graduate and professional schools, a massive medical center, four affiliated colleges and seminaries, and more than one hundred research centers and institutes.