Columbia UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Columbia University graduates?
Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 3,291 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Columbia University, at a median wage of $132k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6.1% were denied or withdrawn.
Employers filed these applications for people who studied here; the school is not a party to them. H-1B filings do not record the worker's school, so this is green-card (PERM) data. Why
Green-card (PERM) filings
3,291
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$132k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
89.8%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 5%, Bachelor's 4.1%.
Employers that filed for these graduates
Ranked by PERM filings. Subsidiaries are rolled up to the parent company.
| Employer (parent company) | Top field of study | PERM filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 414 | $124k | |
| Amazon | Computer Science | 275 | $113k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 161 | $157k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 111 | $125k |
| Apple | Computer Science | 59 | $154k |
| Computer Science | 55 | $163k | |
| Ernst & Young | Actuarial Science | 32 | $151k |
| JPMorgan Chase | Operations Research | 32 | $153k |
| McKinsey | Business Administration | 32 | $145k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 32 | $128k |
| Citadel | Mathematics of Finance | 30 | $150k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 29 | $140k |
| BCG | Business Administration | 27 | $211k |
| Morgan Stanley | Financial Engineering | 26 | $183k |
| Capital One | Statistics | 24 | $122k |
| ByteDance | Computer Science | 19 | $165k |
| Goldman Sachs | Financial Engineering | 19 | $145k |
| Computer Science | 18 | $175k | |
| American Express | Operations Research | 18 | $125k |
| Airbnb | Computer Science | 16 | $176k |
| DoorDash | Statistics | 16 | $185k |
| Skidmore, Owings Merrill LLP | Advanced Architectural Design | 16 | $80k |
| Uber | Computer Science | 16 | $135k |
| X Corp. | Computer Science | 14 | $165k |
| Citi | Financial Engineering | 13 | $175k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 2,764 | 84% |
| F-1 | 364 | 11.1% |
| L-1 | 43 | 1.3% |
| NOT IN USA | 16 | 0.5% |
| TN | 15 | 0.5% |
| E-2 | 10 | 0.3% |
| O-1 | 9 | 0.3% |
| E-3 | 6 | 0.2% |
| H-4 | 5 | 0.2% |
| H-1B1 | 4 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 665Electrical Engineering 347Statistics 256Operations Research 255Business Administration 172Financial Engineering 133Data Science 94Computer Engineering 87Mathematics of Finance 84Actuarial Science 75
Filings and pay by year
Columbia University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 522 | $144k |
| FY2023 | 778 | $138k |
| FY2022 | 696 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 668 | $121k |
| FY2020 | 627 | $122k |
Other schools
University of Southern California 7,076Carnegie Mellon University 5,747The University of Texas at Dallas 4,893Northeastern University 4,229Arizona State University 3,956San Jose State University 3,737New York University 3,587University of Central Missouri 3,117North Carolina State University 3,090Georgia Institute of Technology 3,076The University of Texas at Arlington 2,817Northwestern Polytechnic University 2,728