Graduate School Tuition at College of Our Lady of the Elms

College of Our Lady of the Elms is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Chicopee, MA. It offers 17 graduate programs - 9 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 3 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $17,670 for all graduate students. A total of 295 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,275 students at Elms College.

Elms College offers online graduate programs and 79 out of 295 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Elms College's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

College of Our Lady of the Elms is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $17,670. It offers seventeen (17) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	College of Our Lady of the Elms
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	291 Springfield St, Chicopee, MA
Graduate School Students	319 students 79 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$17,670
Student to Faculty	10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 17 Graduate Programs 9 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at College of Our Lady of the Elms with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $17,670 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $968.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$17,370
Fees	$300
Cost per Credit	$968
Books & Supplies	$1,500
Room & Board	$15,150 (On-Campus) / $11,098 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,366 (On-Campus) / $2,766 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$36,686
Off-Campus Total	$33,034

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$15,014	$15,532	$16,017	$17,021	$17,670

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

College of Our Lady of the Elms offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 17 major areas - 9 Master's (5 online programs), 1 Doctorate , 4 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 3 Post-Master'.

86 students have been conferred Master's degree and 60 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	86	60	34	5
Men	13	5	9	-
Women	73	55	25	5

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Science	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Planning and Services	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Special Education and Teaching	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,400	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biomedical Sciences	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religious Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Science	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Financial Planning and Services	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,379 students enrolled in College of Our Lady of the Elms including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 319 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 67 male and 252 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 100 full-time and 219 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 79 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 63 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	319	100	219
Men Students	67	24	43
Women Students	252	76	176

By race/ethnicity 142 White, 44 Black, and 9 Asian students are attending at College of Our Lady of the Elms. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	319	67	252
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	6	3	44
Black	44	11	33
Hispanic	29	8	21
White	142	25	117
Tow or More Races	12	2	10
Race Unknown	80	14	66

3 students are younger than 22 and 85 students are older than 65. The school has 115 students aged between 22 and 30 and 89 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	319
21 & Under	3
22-24	51
25-29	64
30-34	46
35-39	43
40 & Over	85

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Elms College, 79 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 63 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	295
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	79
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	63
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	153

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	79
Massachusetts Resident	34
Other State In U.S.	28
Outside of U.S.	17

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