Columbia University Courses and Fees 2025

• You could choose an easy course but most courses worth taking are pretty intense and difficult but worth the payoff, honestly, in terms of what you learn and the effort you put in.
• Most courses were a mix of theory and practice but a lot of emphasis is laid on practical application, with most courses requiring adn End term project submission.
• I loved all the courses that I took; I took a mix from Engineering school anf Business school. All my courses have left me with things that I would never part with. They were all pretty intensive in their curriculum, and I would find it difficult to manage my submissions at times, as sometimes their submission dates would overlap.
• Your schedule would be about 12 -15 hours of classes per week, but the length and timings of the classes would depend on the professors and the scheduling by the university.
• Some classes would be about 20 students and some about 50 , it depends on the professor's preference of the class size.
• The timings varied through the day; my earliest class was at 8am and my latest class ended at 9pm—it depends.
• There were 7 Indians in my course.

• Tuition and Fees Structure
• The tuition was approximately $30,000 per semester, with the program spanning around three semesters. In addition to tuition, there were other costs such as visa requirements, university fees, and living expenses. The University charges tuition on a per-credit basis, and the overall fees are billed semester-wise depending on the number of credits taken.
  • Tuition: $30,000 per semester × 3 semesters = ~$90,000 total
  • Housing (off-campus apartment): = $1,500 per month
  • Living expenses (food, utilities, personal expenses): ~$500 per month
  • On average, monthly expenses came to about $2,000:
  • Groceries, utilities, and personal expenses: ~$500
     

• There are online platforms like Zillow that we used to find suitable units. We had to go through an agent, had to pay a deposit and agency fee and had to have a guarantor. A recommendation would be to join the whatsapp communities as early as possible.
• Most people would be looking for people to room with, and the process would go a lot smoother with other people to help you out.

The course syllabus was a combination of engineering, quantitative classes, and more interactive, practical business school classes. We worked on 3 projects, as part of our curriculum, giving us exposure to a real life consulting project.

$2000 per credit, and 38 credits were required to graduate. So, a total of $76K for just the course fees.

My course and curriculum is certainly very up to date with the latest technology and topics taught are very relevant to real life problems.

The tuition fee is per credit wise and the per credit fee is 2200$