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Columbia University reviews

4.0

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,436 total reviews)
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Lee C. Bollinger

61% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Columbia University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,436 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews
4.0
Nov 19, 2025
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Pros

Lots of on-campus opportunities for further training, access to software licensing, high quality research, fairly competitive pay compared to other schools for the same job position

Cons

No retirement matching until 2 years of work, not competitive pay for New York standards

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