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I think Columbia is a bit of an anomaly.

As someone who knew a lot of people who went to grad school and considered it myself, Columbia grad programs were known as a notorious money-pit/cash grabs unlike any other school in its range. I was always confused how they got away with it.

The only other school in NYC that competed with it in this regard was the New School, which is ranked all the way at 127.

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Come now, taught Master’s are always cash cows. They exist to allow the university to cash in on the prestige of its undergraduate or professional programmes. Just as true at Oxford or the LSE as at Columbia or Chicago.

Precisely. There is big difference between undergrad and masters at Columbia. For CS MS was a cashcow - extract money from international students. It's actually a great deal for both parties.

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