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301 Master's degrees offered by the university
Mathematics of Finance
The Mathematics of Finance program at Columbia University is co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics, and it draws on the diverse strengths of the university in mathematics, statistics, stochastic processes, numerical methods, and financial applications.
Politics and Education
This Politics and Education program at Columbia University is an advanced degree program that prepares students for positions as policy leaders at the local, state and national levels, or to pursue advanced work in doctoral programs in education policy, political science, or public policy.

Construction Administration
There has never been a greater need—or opportunity—for leaders in the burgeoning field of construction management. Join the Master of Science in Construction Administration programme from Columbia University.
Sociomedical Sciences
Students in Sociomedical Sciences program at Columbia University apply social science theories and methods—ranging from anthropology, psychology, and sociology to economics, ethics, and history—to current public health issues
Urban Planning
The Urban Planning program at Columbia University is a two-year accredited professional degree. The program takes a comparative, global perspective to urban planning, centring social justice and critical practice.
Advanced Architectural Design
The Advanced Architectural Design PROGRAM at Columbia University is a three-semester program aimed at providing outstanding young professionals—who already hold a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture—the opportunity to conceptualize design as a critical practice that shapes the world’s technological, relational, and environmental evolutions.
Art and Art Education - Art Pedagogy
Students who seek to sharpen their expertise designing pedagogically sound, imaginative studio art learning opportunities may complete the Art and Art Education - Art Pedagogy program at Columbia University.
Data Journalism
Journalism in the 21st century involves finding, collecting and analyzing data for storytelling, presentation and investigative reporting. Columbia University's journalism school offers a Master of Science in Data Journalism for students interested in advanced skills.
Machine Learning
The Machine Learning program at Columbia University is intended for students who wish to develop their knowledge of machine learning techniques and applications.
Pharmaceutical Statistics
The Pharmaceutical Statistics program at Columbia University steeps students in quantitative methods while offering classes on pharma industry regulation, taught by faculty with industry experience.
Islamic Studies
The Islamic Studies program at Columbia University focuses on the cultural, political, and religious history of Islam and the nations and populations linked to the practice of this faith.
Business Analytics
A key element of the Business Analytics program at Columbia University is a capstone project that provides an intense consulting engagement with clients and their real-world business problems using real data sets.
Science
Students in the Science program at Columbia University focus on themes and ways of thinking that can be used to cover any scientific field, whether it’s health, technology or the hard sciences. They get a landscape view, looking at history, patterns of discovery and innovation.
Dental Medicine and Master of Public Health
Students enrolled in the Dental Medicine and Master of Public Health program at Columbia University are uniquely equipped to assume leadership roles when dentistry, medicine, and the health care system interface.
Theory and Methods
The Theory and Methods program at Columbia University provides comprehensive training in biostatistical theory and techniques for individuals seeking positions as statisticians in health-related research within a biomedical, clinical, or laboratory setting.
Business and Economics
Students in the Business and Economics program at Columbia University will develop a deep understanding of the forces driving the global marketplace and the interconnected decisions that determine how we live and whether we prosper.
Museum Anthropology
The free-standing Museum Anthropology program at Columbia University Department of Anthropology and the American Museum of Natural History, is a professional degree for those already employed in or interested in moving into the museum field.

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University prepares students to analyze the root causes and dynamics of conflict and to transform disputes through reasoned and resourceful interventions.
Theatre - Directing
The Theatre - Directing program at Columbia University is based on the idea that one’s vision as a director is developed through practice, encouragement, critical feedback, collaboration…and more practice
Film and Media Studies
The Film and Media Studies program at Columbia University takes up the evolution of cinema as an art, an institution, an object of philosophical study, and an international socio-cultural phenomenon. But digital image media have altered our conceptualizations of everything.