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Teachers College at Columbia University
Total enrollment
4,401
peer median 9,259
Use this data
About
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education affiliated with Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, Teachers College has been part of Columbia University since 1898.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 70 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
70
Passing
16
22.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
70programs
- Passing16 · 22.9%
- No Data54 · 77.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
16
No data
54
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$85,922
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+38.9%
+$24,068
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+38.9%
$85,922 vs $61,854
Sociology
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
$93,752
$63,816
National Same-Field BA Median
+46.9%
+$29,936
Sociology
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
+46.9%
$93,752 vs $63,816
Research and Experimental Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$73,440
$48,653
National Same-Field BA Median
+50.9%
+$24,787
Research and Experimental Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+50.9%
$73,440 vs $48,653
Arts Entertainment and Media Management
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$78,032
$48,304
National Same-Field BA Median
+61.5%
+$29,728
Arts Entertainment and Media Management
Master's Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+61.5%
$78,032 vs $48,304
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
$75,388
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+62.5%
+$28,997
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+62.5%
$75,388 vs $46,391
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
$76,686
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+65.3%
+$30,295
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+65.3%
$76,686 vs $46,391
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
$76,970
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+65.9%
+$30,579
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+65.9%
$76,970 vs $46,391
International and Comparative Education
Master's Degree · Education
$78,135
$46,391
National Same-Field BA Median
+68.4%
+$31,744
International and Comparative Education
Master's Degree · Education
+68.4%
$78,135 vs $46,391
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$98,118
$85,922
114%
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$98,118 debt · $85,922 earn
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$86,000
$91,522
94%
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$86,000 debt · $91,522 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
$69,778
$75,388
93%
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
$69,778 debt · $75,388 earn
International and Comparative Education
Master's Degree · Education
$71,743
$78,135
92%
International and Comparative Education
Master's Degree · Education
$71,743 debt · $78,135 earn
Research and Experimental Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$66,060
$73,440
90%
Research and Experimental Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
$66,060 debt · $73,440 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Doctoral Degree · Education
$94,109
$108,383
87%
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Doctoral Degree · Education
$94,109 debt · $108,383 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
$58,724
$76,686
77%
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
$58,724 debt · $76,686 earn
Public Policy Analysis
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$66,531
$87,221
76%
Public Policy Analysis
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$66,531 debt · $87,221 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Accredited since 1921Next review Nov 2025
Programmatic accreditations · 9
Action history · 12
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Jan 2024Approved for Distance EducationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Aug 2023Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health (PHG) - Graduate level school of public health
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $53.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
—
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
—
null total
Direct Loans
$53.9M
2,018 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
0k’20
0k’21
0k’22
0k’23
0k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Unsubsidized · Grad$21.3M
1,157 loan awards
Grad PLUS$32.6M
861 loan awards
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,005 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,005
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
2.0%-7.3
2017
1.8%-7.4
2018
1.1%-5.9
2019
0.8%-1.5
2020*
0.1%
This institutionNational rate
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Teachers College at Columbia
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs66
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
2,035 total completions
01Education
99248.7%
01Education
99248.7%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
38018.7%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
38018.7%
03Psychology
34917.1%
03Psychology
34917.1%
04Social Sciences
834.1%
04Social Sciences
834.1%
05Health Professions
763.7%
05Health Professions
763.7%
06Visual/Performing Arts
683.3%
06Visual/Performing Arts
683.3%
07Biological Sciences
351.7%
07Biological Sciences
351.7%
08Public Admin
281.4%
08Public Admin
281.4%
09Foreign Languages
241.2%
09Foreign Languages
241.2%
10Parks/Recreation
00.0%
10Parks/Recreation
00.0%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
4,401
12-mo unduplicated
5,408
Gender split
Men
23%1,218
Women
77%4,190
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.46
2 offenses · 4,392 students
3-year trend
1.462 yrs ago1.331 yr ago0.46Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
15
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
23
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
Fondling
1
Motor vehicle theft
1
By location
2total
- On campus1
- Public property1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
2
Dating violence
6
Stalking
8 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs01
Liquor01
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Teachers College at Columbia vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Teachers College at Columbia selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTeachers College at Columbia University | — | — | 4,401 | — | R2 Research |
| 75% | 62.0% | 12,321 | $41,943 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 88.4% | 6,272 | $22,212 | R2 Research | |
| 81% | 67.8% | 35,873 | $15,564 | R2 Research | |
| 82% | 65.4% | 9,760 | $46,555 | R2 Research | |
| — | — | 1,771 | — | R2 Research | |
| 49% | 64.2% | 4,252 | $37,702 | R2 Research | |
| 77% | 39.5% | 3,925 | $28,714 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 77.4% | 3,348 | $30,305 | R2 Research | |
| 83% | 79.8% | 8,581 | $31,568 | R2 Research | |
| 68% | 75.9% | 21,210 | $30,902 | R2 Research | |
| 77% | 83.6% | 8,234 | $37,730 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 57.7% | 8,992 | $35,639 | R2 Research | |
| 82% | 59.3% | 16,150 | $44,338 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 41.3% | 14,890 | $50,539 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 54.9% | 8,834 | $18,425 | R2 Research | |
| 88% | 25.9% | 7,692 | $36,931 | R2 Research | |
| — | — | 4,210 | — | R2 Research | |
| 55% | 86.2% | 16,689 | $33,062 | R2 Research | |
| 79% | 45.1% | 10,179 | $48,381 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 81.6% | 17,384 | $36,079 | R2 Research | |
| 83% | 81.3% | 11,746 | $31,487 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 68.9% | 9,196 | $23,847 | R2 Research | |
| 63% | 73.2% | 20,910 | $30,371 | R2 Research | |
| 71% | 66.9% | 17,098 | $34,906 | R2 Research | |
| 80% | 75.0% | 17,059 | $24,398 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 73.3% | 9,571 | $31,446 | R2 Research | |
| 84% | 63.3% | 12,116 | $40,892 | R2 Research | |
| 87% | 47.6% | 8,469 | $41,346 | R2 Research | |
| 85% | 44.5% | 12,938 | $36,660 | R2 Research | |
| 79% | 82.8% | 5,243 | $29,561 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 63.5% | 9,068 | $58,741 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 81.0% | 8,238 | $28,928 | R2 Research | |
| 80% | 65.4% | 10,506 | $29,533 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 91.6% | 6,573 | $38,107 | R2 Research | |
| 84% | 52.4% | 9,714 | $30,365 | R2 Research | |
| 72% | 61.5% | 3,914 | $15,000 | R2 Research | |
| 92% | 27.0% | 10,041 | $43,756 | R2 Research | |
| 89% | 21.7% | 9,322 | $28,719 | R2 Research | |
| 90% | 60.2% | 7,584 | $43,071 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 77% | 65.4% | 9,259 | $33,062 |
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Teachers College at Columbia Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Teachers College, Columbia University
Email
institutionalresearch [at] tc.columbia.edu
Phone
212-678-7436
Address
134 Thompson Hall, Box 163, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027
The Teachers College, Columbia University Office of Institutional Research (OIR) provides data, conducts research-based analysis, and delivers strategic insights to both internal and external stakeholders in order to enhance and improve institutional decision-making, accurately report institutional information to government agencies, accrediting bodies, and other external entities, and help the College fulfill its overall Mission.
Visit IR office pageTeam
4 members
- John SaulDirector of Institutional Research
- Kimberly WooAssistant Director of Institutional Research
- Yufan ShenInstitutional Data Analyst
- Kat YeeAssessment Analyst
Common Data Set
Teachers College at Columbia's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
Reports & documents (6)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardccrc.tc.columbia.edu
- Data definitionData Definitions | Teachers College DataThis page on the Teachers College website is designed to provide data definitions and insights into institutional data managed by the Office of Institutional Research. It offers an overview of available data resources, such as retention, graduation rates, and licensure pass rates. The page also provides contact information for further support and inquiries regarding data and surveys.tc.columbia.edu
- Data dictionaryDL Data Dictionary (MMF2)The DL Data Dictionary (MMF2) is part of the Digital Library Projects' Metadata Projects at Columbia University. This particular section seems to focus on descriptive elements. Further related resources include Structural Metadata (Holdings) and the DL Record Format. The page is part of a broader initiative to manage library metadata effectively.columbia.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookColumbia Facts2024Columbia Facts is an annual publication by the Office of Planning and Institutional Research, providing essential information about Columbia University's history, governance, faculties, enrollment, and financials. The office also produces the University's Statistical Abstract featuring various data tables of institutional interest.opir.columbia.edu
- Strategic planStrategic Priorities2026Teachers College at Columbia University has laid out a strategic plan from 2018 to 2025 focusing on five key priorities to address global challenges and internal development. The college aims to combat disparities in health, education, and the economy while fostering a culture of support and innovation. The strategic priorities guide the institution in advancing educational practices and research for a better, more equitable world.tc.columbia.edu
Notable alumni of Teachers College at Columbia (14)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Shirley ChisholmPolitics
- Art GarfunkelEntertainment
- John King Jr.Politics
- Diane RavitchPolitics
- Merryl TischPolitics
- Carl RogersMedicine and psychology
- Hafizullah AminPolitics
- Ruth WestheimerMedicine and psychology
- Ellie KriegerEntertainment
- Georgia O'KeeffeArt and architecture
- Anita PollitzerActivism
- Norman CousinsLiterature and journalism
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Frequently asked questions about Teachers College at Columbia University
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Teachers College at Columbia.
How many students attend Teachers College at Columbia University?
Teachers College at Columbia University reports a total enrollment of 4,401 students per the latest IPEDS.
Where is Teachers College at Columbia University located?
Teachers College at Columbia University is located in New York, New York 10027.
Who runs Institutional Research at Teachers College at Columbia University?
Teachers College at Columbia University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Teachers College, Columbia University.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
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