Teachers College at Columbia University
⌖ New York, NY · 16 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$86,015Observed earnings · year 5
—Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Graduate degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Not reported
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$86,015Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
Not availableStudent size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$77,244Year 1
$90,489Year 4
$86,015Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Doctoral Degree$108,3832Educational Administration and Supervision · Master's Degree$94,6933Sociology · Master's Degree$93,7524Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Master's Degree$91,5225Curriculum and Instruction · Doctoral Degree$91,3226Educational/Instructional Media Design · Master's Degree$90,3757Public Policy Analysis · Master's Degree$87,2218Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree$86,945Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1SociologyMaster's Degree · $93,752 reported+48%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree · $91,522 reported+40%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Curriculum and InstructionMaster's Degree · $86,945 reported+37%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree · $94,693 reported+32%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementMaster's Degree · $78,032 reported+31%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree · $85,922 reported+28%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in NY
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- Observed earnings · year 5
- $82,803
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +70%
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- Annual net price
- $13,185
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $79,523
- Modeled 10-year ROI
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- Annual net price
- $14,370
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- $73,651
- Modeled 10-year ROI
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- Annual net price
- $27,256
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $86,042
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +42%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Doctoral Degree | $108,383 | Not available | 59 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | $94,693 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | $93,752 | Not available | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | $91,522 | Not available | Not reported |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Doctoral Degree | $91,322 | Not available | 9 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | $90,375 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | $87,221 | Not available | Not reported |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $86,945 | Not available | Not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Master's Degree | $85,922 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | $79,054 | Not available | Not reported |
| International and Comparative Education | Master's Degree | $78,135 | Not available | Not reported |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Master's Degree | $78,032 | Not available | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | $76,970 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Master's Degree | $76,686 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Master's Degree | $75,388 | Not available | Not reported |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Master's Degree | $73,440 | Not available | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.