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Cornell vs Columbia

How classes compare at Cornell University and Columbia University: the easiest and hardest courses, difficulty and workload by subject.

From student ratings across the web

Classes at Cornell and Columbia rate about as hard as each other. Workload is about the same at both.

MeasureCornellColumbia
Rated courses1,490193
Average difficulty62/10061/100
Average workload63/10062/100

Difficulty by subject

Average of each department's rated courses, 0 to 100. Higher is harder, or more time.

Easiest classes at Cornell

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    SOC101

    34/100 difficulty4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 33 ratings

  2. 2

    EAS1101Climate and Energy: a 21st Century Earth Science Perspective

    36/100 difficulty4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 28 ratings

  3. 3

    PSYCH 1101Introduction to Psychology

    37/100 difficulty4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 84 ratings

  4. 4

    BIOG1500Investigative Biology Laboratory

    38/100 difficulty3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 61 ratings

  5. 5

    EAS1540Introductory Oceanography

    38/100 difficulty4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 54 ratings

All easiest classes at Cornell

Easiest classes at Columbia

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    ARCT101

    45/100 difficulty4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings

  2. 2

    ENG1009

    46/100 difficulty5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 13 ratings

  3. 3

    ROBIN101

    47/100 difficulty4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 34 ratings

  4. 4

    ECON305

    48/100 difficulty2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 4 ratings

  5. 5

    ARCH101

    50/100 difficulty4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 55 ratings

All easiest classes at Columbia

Hardest classes at Cornell

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    CS 3780Introduction to Machine Learning

    86/100 difficulty1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 18 ratings

  2. 2

    HADM165

    85/100 difficulty3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 24 ratings

  3. 3

    CHEM2090Engineering General Chemistry

    84/100 difficulty1.9 out of 5 stars1.9· 245 ratings

  4. 4

    ECE315

    83/100 difficulty3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 32 ratings

  5. 5

    CS5414Distributed Computing Principles

    83/100 difficulty4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 13 ratings

All hardest classes at Cornell

Hardest classes at Columbia

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    COMS4995

    81/100 difficulty2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 111 ratings

  2. 2

    IEOR4523

    78/100 difficulty1.0 out of 5 stars1.0· 8 ratings

  3. 3

    RW1

    76/100 difficulty2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 18 ratings

  4. 4

    CSEE4119Computer Networks

    76/100 difficulty1.0 out of 5 stars1.0· 5 ratings

  5. 5

    CHEM1403

    74/100 difficulty3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 7 ratings

All hardest classes at Columbia

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Difficulty and workload are 0 to 100 scores from student ratings across the web, averaged over courses with 3 or more ratings. Subjects are matched by department name and shown when both schools have at least 3 rated courses in them.