Columbia University in the City of New York

PhD, Physical Sciences

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Funding: Guaranteed
Graduate students: 26,009
Alumni earnings, 10 yr: $102,491

Outcome figures are institution wide, from the US Department of Education College Scorecard.

What you need to apply

GRENot stated
English test (TOEFL or IELTS)Not stated
Minimum GPANot stated
Recommendation lettersNot stated
Prior degreeNot stated
Statement of purposeNot stated

In the school's own words

“All admitted Ph.D. students receive financial support, typically beginning with teaching fellowships during the first years of study and transitioning to research assistantships as they join research groups.”

“Students are generally supported as Teaching Assistants for the first two years of their Ph.D. program”

“Students are subsequently supported on the grants of their research sponsor after their first two years of teaching.”

Extracted from physics.columbia.edu (opens in new tab) and gsas.columbia.edu (opens in new tab) · latest recorded check 2026-09-06

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