Teachers College At Columbia University

Location and Contact Information

525 W 120th St
New York, NY 10027
USA
Main Tel: (212) 678-3000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Colombia University Teachers College was established in New York in the year 1887. The college was founded by Grace Hoadley Dodge as a school for teachers. With the grant of the permanent charter, the name of the college was changed to Teachers College in the year 1892.

There are more than 60 programs of study that are offered by TC.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in education and teaching, therapy and counseling, and drama and performing arts.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • High female/male ratio.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • Large number of students.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, not-for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Semester.
  • Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Campus housing is available.
  • Distance learning is available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Teachers College At Columbia University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Teachers College At Columbia University:

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1CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY15,306
2Long Island University-Brooklyn CampusBrooklyn, NY8,051
3Chicago State UniversityChicago, IL6,820
4CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY11,860
5Claremont Graduate UniversityClaremont, CA2,215
6Long Island University-C W Post CampusBrookville, NY8,771
7New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, NJ8,151
8University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NC6,303
9Pace University-New YorkNew York, NY12,704
10Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, NC6,217

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Master1,68760
Doctorate20254

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  111
Without tenure; working toward tenure  13
Without tenure; tenure not available  82

Students

Student enrollment was 5,040 in 2009-2010 (3,527 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 19% of the student body. About 17% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Teachers College At Columbia University provides on-campus housing for 600 of its 3,527 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Teachers College At Columbia University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (17 awarded)

  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (31 awarded)

  • Dance
  • Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1,159 awarded)

  • Administration of Special Education
  • Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Bilingual and Multilingual Education
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education
  • Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
  • Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
  • Education/Teaching Individuals - Orthopedic/Oth Phys Impairments
  • Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
  • Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
  • Educational Leadership and Administration
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Educational/Instructional Media Design
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Health Teacher Education
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • International and Comparative Education
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Special Education and Teaching
  • Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (29 awarded)

  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (154 awarded)

  • Anthropology
  • English Language and Literature
  • Linguistics
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Political Science and Government
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MEDIA (15 awarded)

  • Communication and Media Studies

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (4 awarded)

  • Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (1 awarded)

  • Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (7 awarded)

  • Exercise Physiology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (471 awarded)

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Psychology
  • School Psychology
  • Social Psychology