Cost of Attendance

The Cost of Attendance consists of Tuition Fees, Living and Personal Expenses, and other education-related expenses for the period during which you expect to be enrolled in our MSSW program.

Note: To review costs for specific MSSW programs, please refer to the specific program's page.

• Billable (Direct) Costs – Direct costs are the actual charges that a student is billed by the School of Social Work or Columbia University Tuition and Fees.
• Estimated (Indirect) Costs – Indirect costs are other estimated costs associated with attending the School of Social Work. These are not exact costs but are used to help students estimate the total cost of attendance for a year of enrollment at the School of Social Work (Living and Personal Expenses, and other education-related expenses.

The estimated cost of attendance for each campus can be found below: