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4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,426 total reviews)
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Lee C. Bollinger

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Columbia University has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,426 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 Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews
3.0
Nov 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The opportunity to work with world-class professors and professionals

Cons

There is little upward mobilit and a lot of nepotism

3.0
Nov 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits package for employees and actually very little works is involved

Cons

It's a university, bureaucratic, inefficient, and has plenty of people just sitting there who aren't actually generating value

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