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This page summarises the degrees offered by Columbia University's various faculties and schools. It probably should be in table format but I'm way too tired and lazy to learn the details of Wiki table code. See also: [[Diplomas]]
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An '''academic degree''' is a recognition awarded for having satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study. In short, it's what you get when you're done. A [[diploma]] is physical proof of having completed a degree.
  
*'''Faculty of Arts and Sciences'''
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Typically a degree is granted by one of the [[faculties]] of a university, e.g., [[SEAS|Engineering]], [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences|Arts and Sciences]], [[School of Law|Law]], etc. Typically there's a strong correlation between what you might think of as a "school" and a faculty (though sometimes a faculty can have multiple schools, and things get a little confusing when dealing with the Arts and Sciences at Columbia.)
:*[[Columbia College]]
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::*''Baccalaureus in Artibus'' (Bachelor of Arts) - AB<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue.</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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New degree programs are approved by the [[University Senate]].
:*[[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]
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::*Master of Arts - MA
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== List of degrees offered at Columbia ==
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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::*Liberal Studies MA - MALS
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:*[[School of Continuing Education]]
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{{col-3}}
::*Master of Science - MS
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===Faculty of Arts and Sciences===
:*[[School of International and Public Affairs]]
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====[[Columbia College]]====
::*Master of Public Administration - MPA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*''[[Baccalaureus in Artibus]]'' ([[Bachelor of Arts]]) - [[BA]] (sometimes abbreviated [[AB]])<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue.</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of International Affairs - MIA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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====[[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]====
::*Executive Master of Public Administration - eMPA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Master of Arts]] - [[MA]]
::*Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Development - PhD
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy]] - [[PhD]]
:*[[School of the Arts]]
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*[[Doctor of Musical Arts]] - [[DMA]]
::*Master of Fine Arts - MFA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*[[Master of Arts in Liberal Studies]] - [[MALS]]
::*Master of Arts in Film Studies - MA
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====[[School of Continuing Education]]====
:*[[School of General Studies]]
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
::*Bachelor of Arts - BA
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====[[School of International and Public Affairs]]====
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
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*[[Master of Public Administration]] - [[MPA]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation'''
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*[[Master of International Affairs]] - [[MIA]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
:*[[Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation]]
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*[[Executive Master of Public Administration]] - [[eMPA]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Master of Architecture - MArch<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Development]] - [[PhD]]
::*Master of Science - MS
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====[[School of the Arts]]====
*'''Faculty of Business'''
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*[[Master of Fine Arts]] - [[MFA]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
:*[[Graduate School of Business]]
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*[[Master of Arts in Film Studies]] - [[MA]]
::*Master of Business Administration - MBA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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====[[School of General Studies]]====
::*Executive Master of Business Administration - eMBA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Bachelor of Arts]] - [[BA]]
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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*[[Bachelor of Science]] - [[BS]]
::*Master of Arts in Mathematical Finance (Joint with Mathematics) - MA
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*'''Faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism'''
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===Faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation===
:*[[Graduate School of Journalism]]
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====[[Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation]]====
::*Master of Arts - MA
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*[[Master of Architecture]] - [[MArch]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of Science - MS<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
::*Doctor of Philosophy in Communication - PhD
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*'''Faculty of Law'''
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===Faculty of Business===
:*[[School of Law]]
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====[[Graduate School of Business]]====
::*''Juris Doctor'' (Doctor of Law) - JD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*[[Master of Business Administration]] - [[MBA]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*''Legum Magister'' (Master of Laws) - LLM<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy]] - [[PhD]]
::*''Juris Scientiae Doctor'' (Doctor of the Science of Law) - JSD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Master of Arts in Mathematical Finance]] (Joint with Mathematics) - [[MA]]
*'''Faculty of the School of Social Work'''
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:*[[School of Social Work]]
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{{col-3}}
::*Master of Science - MS<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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===Faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism===
*'''Faculty of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science'''
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====[[Graduate School of Journalism]]====
:*[[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]]
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*[[Master of Arts]] - [[MA]]
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of Science - MS
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy in Communication]] - [[PhD]]
::*Doctor of Engineering Science - EngScD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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::*Professional Degree - PD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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===Faculty of Law===
*'''Faculty of Medicine'''
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====[[School of Law]]====
:*[[College of Physicians and Surgeons]]
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*''[[Juris Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Law]]) - [[JD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Doctor of Medicine - MD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*''[[Legum Magister]]'' ([[Master of Laws]]) - [[LLM]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health'''
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*''[[Juris Scientiae Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of the Science of Law]]) - [[JSD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
:*[[Mailman School of Public Health]]
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::*Master of Science - MS
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===Faculty of the School of Social Work===
::*Master of Public Health - MPH<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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====[[School of Social Work]]====
::*Executive Master of Public Health - eMPH
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Doctor of Public Health - DrPH<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy]] - [[PhD]]
*'''Faculty of Dental Medicine'''
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:*[[College of Dental Medicine]]
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===Faculty of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science===
::*Doctor of Dental Science - DDS<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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====[[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]====
*'''Faculty of Nursing'''
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*[[Bachelor of Science]] - [[BS]]
:*[[School of Nursing]]
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
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*[[Doctor of Engineering Science]] - [[EngScD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Master of Science - MS
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*[[Professional Degree]] - [[PD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Doctor of Nursing Science - DNSc<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*'''Faculty of Teachers College'''
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===Faculty of Medicine===
:*[[Teachers College]]
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====[[College of Physicians and Surgeons]]====
::*Master of Arts - MA
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*[[Doctor of Medicine]] - [[MD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of Arts in Teaching - MA
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::*Master of Science - MS
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===Faculty of the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health'''===
::*Master of Education - MEd<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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====[[Mailman School of Public Health]]====
::*Doctor of Education - EdD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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*[[Master of Public Health]] - [[MPH]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of Barnard College'''
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*[[Executive Master of Public Health]] - [[eMPH]]
:*[[Barnard College]]
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*[[Doctor of Public Health]] - [[DrPH]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*''Baccalaureus in Artibus'' (Bachelor of Arts) - BA<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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*'''Degrees Conferred ''Honoris Causa'''''
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{{col-3}}
:*Extrafaculty
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::*''Litterarum Doctor'' (Doctor of Letters) - LittD
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===Faculty of Dental Medicine===
::*''Scientiae Doctor'' (Doctor of Science) - ScD
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====[[College of Dental Medicine]]====
::*''Musicae Doctor'' (Doctor of Music) - MusD
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*[[Doctor of Dental Science]] - [[DDS]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*''Litterarum Humanarum Doctor'' (Doctor of Humane Letters) - LHD
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::*''Legum Doctor'' (Doctor of Laws) - LLD
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===Faculty of Nursing===
::*''Divinitatis Doctor'' (Doctor of Divinity) - DD (unclear if Columbia has conferred one in recent years)
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====[[School of Nursing]]====
::*''Sacrae Theologiae Doctor'' (Doctor of Sacred Theology - STD (seems to have been conferred independent of UTS<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9907E3DD1F39E13ABC4D53DFB0668382609EDE&oref=slogin</ref>)
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*[[Bachelor of Science]] - [[BS]]
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
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*[[Doctor of Nursing Science]] - [[DNSc]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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===Faculty of Teachers College===
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====[[Teachers College]]====
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*[[Master of Arts]] - [[MA]]
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*[[Master of Arts in Teaching]] - [[MA]]
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*[[Master of Science]] - [[MS]]
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*[[Master of Education]] - [[MEd]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Doctor of Education]] - [[EdD]]<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
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*[[Doctor of Philosophy]] - [[PhD]]
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===Faculty of Barnard College===
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====[[Barnard College]]====
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*''[[Baccalaureus in Artibus]]'' ([[Bachelor of Arts]]) - [[BA]]<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
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===Degrees Conferred ''Honoris Causa''===
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====Extrafaculty====
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*''[[Litterarum Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Letters]]) - [[LittD]]
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*''[[Scientiae Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Science]]) - [[ScD]]
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*''[[Musicae Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Music]]) - [[MusD]]
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*''[[Litterarum Humanarum Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Humane Letters]]) - [[LHD]]
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*''[[Legum Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Laws]]) - [[LLD]]
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*''[[Divinitatis Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Divinity]]) - [[DD]] (unclear if Columbia has conferred one in recent years)
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*''[[Sacrae Theologiae Doctor]]'' ([[Doctor of Sacred Theology]] - [[STD]] (seems to have been conferred independent of UTS<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9907E3DD1F39E13ABC4D53DFB0668382609EDE&oref=slogin</ref>)
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== Number of degrees conferred annually ==
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Columbia has been 'accused' on occasion of being a "degree-mill", since Columbia grants degrees at a significantly higher rate than its peer private schools. In fact, Columbia confers more degrees each year than some large state universities. This is probably thanks to Columbia's expansive offerings of Masters degree programs relative to its peers (undergraduate degrees make up less than one fifth of the degrees conferred each spring). Consider:
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{|
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|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"
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| '''School'''
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| '''Degrees awarded (2010)'''
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|Columbia
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| 12,575 [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/degrees%20and%20certificates%20awarded%202009-2010.htm]<ref>Includes 2,538 recipients of Columbia degrees at affiliated institutions (Barnard College and Teachers College)[http://news.columbia.edu/files_columbianews/imce_shared/vol3512.pdf]</ref>
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|-
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|Harvard
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| 6,777 [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/05/degrees-certificates-awarded-at-359th-commencement/]
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|-
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|Yale
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| 3,243 [http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7588]
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|-
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|Princeton
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| 1,979 [http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/54/12O50/index.xml?section=newsreleases]
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|-
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|Cornell
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| 6,619 [http://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/stats.cfm]
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|-
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|UPenn
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| 7,432 [http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202010-11.pdf]
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|-
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|Brown
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| 2,259 [http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2010/05/stats]
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|-
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|Dartmouth
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| 1,726 [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2010/06/commencement-notes-for-the-dartmouth-class-of-2010/]
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|-
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|Stanford
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| 4,717 [http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2010.html#enrollment]
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|-
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| University of California, Berkeley
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| 10,387 [http://berkeley.edu/about/fact.shtml]
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|-
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| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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| 11,594 [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/obpinfo/files/umaa_degrssummary_10.pdf]
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|}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Degrees|*]]
 
[[Category:Degrees|*]]

Latest revision as of 09:45, 17 December 2013

An academic degree is a recognition awarded for having satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study. In short, it's what you get when you're done. A diploma is physical proof of having completed a degree.

Typically a degree is granted by one of the faculties of a university, e.g., Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Law, etc. Typically there's a strong correlation between what you might think of as a "school" and a faculty (though sometimes a faculty can have multiple schools, and things get a little confusing when dealing with the Arts and Sciences at Columbia.)

New degree programs are approved by the University Senate.

List of degrees offered at Columbia

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Columbia College

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

School of Continuing Education

School of International and Public Affairs

School of the Arts

School of General Studies

Faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Faculty of Business

Graduate School of Business

Faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism

Graduate School of Journalism

Faculty of Law

School of Law

Faculty of the School of Social Work

School of Social Work

Faculty of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Faculty of Medicine

College of Physicians and Surgeons

Faculty of the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health

Mailman School of Public Health

Faculty of Dental Medicine

College of Dental Medicine

Faculty of Nursing

School of Nursing

Faculty of Teachers College

Teachers College

Faculty of Barnard College

Barnard College

Degrees Conferred Honoris Causa

Extrafaculty

Number of degrees conferred annually

Columbia has been 'accused' on occasion of being a "degree-mill", since Columbia grants degrees at a significantly higher rate than its peer private schools. In fact, Columbia confers more degrees each year than some large state universities. This is probably thanks to Columbia's expansive offerings of Masters degree programs relative to its peers (undergraduate degrees make up less than one fifth of the degrees conferred each spring). Consider:

School Degrees awarded (2010)
Columbia 12,575 [2][4]
Harvard 6,777 [3]
Yale 3,243 [4]
Princeton 1,979 [5]
Cornell 6,619 [6]
UPenn 7,432 [7]
Brown 2,259 [8]
Dartmouth 1,726 [9]
Stanford 4,717 [10]
University of California, Berkeley 10,387 [11]
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 11,594 [12]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.
  3. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9907E3DD1F39E13ABC4D53DFB0668382609EDE&oref=slogin
  4. Includes 2,538 recipients of Columbia degrees at affiliated institutions (Barnard College and Teachers College)[1]