Health Programs
Teachers College, Columbia University pioneers work in graduate health-affiliated programs and are renowned for research and practice that addresses the connection between physical and mental well-being as well as the achievement of important milestones across the lifespan. We are the home base of dynamic and rewarding academic offerings that include nutrition, health education, speech language pathology, exercise physiology, community health, kinesiology, and more.
Prepare to connect with expert scholars on high-impact research, serve diverse populations, and address gaps in wellness and development through scientific and data-driven interventions.
Learn more about any one of our more than 100 graduate programs
Break New Ground
Our programs in neuroscience focus on how poverty and language can affect learning and child development. Programs in movement sciences and education and biobehavioral sciences engage in topics ranging from physical culture, neurorehabilitation, to the physiology and neuroscience of movement. Students and faculty in communications sciences and disorders are undertaking groundbreaking research in topics such as aphasia, dysphagia, bilingualism, language, and literacy. Whatever your interests, aptitudes, and intellectual curiosities may be, there is a TC program that will challenge and inspire you.
Make Meaningful Connections
We are a graduate student body from all 50 states (plus D.C) and 84 nations. We're doing truly amazing things, like assisting refugees, creating technology to support individuals with disabilities, and programming apps that help first-generation college students navigate their campus experience. We have the courage to innovate and lead change.
We are also a welcoming, supportive, and vibrant community. Connect with your peers and grow through residence hall activities, club meetings, departmental lectures, and cultural events— We are in NYC, after all.
Join a Legacy
When you graduate, you don’t leave TC behind. You join our network of 90,000+ alumni, who build on the knowledge and experience they gained at TC to improve lives around the globe. TC alumni provide you with a system of support and connections that will help take you where you want to be.
Follow in their footsteps—become a courageous and influential leader in your chosen field.