• The MA in Journalism at Columbia University is a 1-year program.
  • The Master of Arts program trains experienced journalists to go deeper and equips them with subject-area expertise, so they can explain complicated issues to the public.
  • Students develop an intellectual grounding in their concentration that enables them to ask more informed questions, evaluate evidence for competing theories, and produce sophisticated and nuanced stories.
  • The currently available concentrations are listed below:
    • Arts and Culture
    • Business and Economics
    • Politics
    • Science
  • The program is designed for journalists who have three to 15 years of professional journalism experience. 
  • Every MA student undertakes a significant reporting project that results in a piece of long-form journalism.
  • The thesis gives students the opportunity to explore a topic in-depth and to synthesize what they learn in a sophisticated manner.
  • The student-faculty ratio of this college is 6:1.
  • The acceptance rate of Columbia University is 5.8%.
  • Columbia University is ranked #19 in QS Global World Rankings 2021.