Columbia Business School has been pioneering business practices and educating leaders from around the world for nearly a century. The School joins rigorous academic theory and real-world practice through broad engagement with the business community. In doing so, it fosters in students an entrepreneurial mindset for recognising and capturing opportunity — critical attributes for global business leaders.

Columbia Business School is known for its close ties to Wall Street and the seminal work completed in the field of finance by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. It is affiliated with 13 winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics including current professors Robert Mundell, Joseph Stiglitz and Edmund Phelps. The school has an international emphasis, and many alumni have achieved distinction in the public as well as the private sector.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Fees Funding

MBA Course: $58,384/ No fee given for international
EMBA Course: $161,280 (Cost covers: tuition, books, meals, accommodation etc)/ No fee given for international

Extra Fees (MBA):

Mandatory fees/ Health services and insurance: $3,143/ $2,981
Books and supplies/ Room and board: $900/ $20,700
Personal expenses (clothing, travel, loan fees, etc): $4,590
Total fall/spring first-year budget: $90,698
Total fall/spring second-year budget - Class of 2013: $89,243