Teachers College - Columbia University

International students services SUCK SO BAD. They are extremely unprofessional and their staff never seems to be in the office. Many times they delayed submissions to the government when they were already PAST DUE. Seriously !? If you are international students and really need support post-graduate, don’t come…you will suffer.

I love the education offered here and the professors are very caring and student-centered. I just wish that they would’ve offered lower tuition during pandemic years as most of the program has been online, which is very convenient for those who don’t live in NYC. However, you don’t get the same on-campus, in-person experience, so tuition should be lowered accordingly.

Loved the ergonomic chairs there! A bit too crowded during peak hours.

They gave me financial aid, and then revoked it without any explanation.

Graduated many years ago. Still remember a professor from the Nutrition Department canceled meeting literally 5 mins before we discussed my Master Thesis. Is it how you treat students after they paid at least 50k a year for tuition? Didn’t love the program not very intellectual challenging and the university + dorm as a whole looks old and outdated. Totally agree with the other review - I get a lot more job interviews writing “Columbia” in my resume rather than “Teachers College”.

Do not get tricked to go here. It is not a Columbia school as advertised. Ask them their email address. They do not have access to Columbia's LionMail. Alumni are not granted Columbia alumni emails. Horrible education. No teacher's training or internships to get you into a teaching or school administration's career. Flimsy courses. Many from ESL speakers, unable to even speak English well, let alone teach you. Huge classes think of 50- at a private school, led mostly by TAs, graded also by TAs, with poor, irrelevant content. Tricked by this school ranked 2nd after Harvard my year, only to find out it was like a community college at the price of a real private school In New York.

Great location for a campus. The students and staff are great.

My advice to prospective students: do not attend this school or any other ivy league school without a full scholarship for tuition and housing. You will regret it. This school does not have the connections you think it has, nor is it as prestigious as you believe it to be. Many of their programs are not job-oriented. The tuition is overpriced and the programs are overrated.

What have you been teaching your "teachers"???!!!