Graduate Programs | Coastal Carolina University

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Coastal Carolina University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For South Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $10,764 and $21,438 for non-South Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $598 for South Carolina residents and $1,191 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$10,674	$21,348
Fees	$90	$90
Cost per Credit	$598	$1,191
Books & Supplies	$1,210
Room & Board	$11,418 (On-Campus) / $9,900 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,150 (On-Campus) / $4,636 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,542	$38,216
Off-Campus Total	$26,510	$37,184

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$10,764	$10,764	$10,764	$10,764	$10,764
Out-of-State	$19,836	$19,836	$19,836	$20,628	$21,438

Graduate Program Overview

Coastal Carolina University is a four-years, public school located in Conway, South Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,764 for South Carolina residents and $21,438 for out-of-state students.

It offers twenty-six (26) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Coastal Carolina University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	103 Tom Trout Drive, Conway, SC
Graduate School Students	683 students 265 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$10,764 Out-of-State$21,438
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 26 Graduate Programs 15 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Coastal Carolina University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 26 major areas - 15 Master's (3 online programs), 2 Doctorate , 6 Post-Bachelor'(5 online programs), 3 Post-Master'(1 online programs). 289 students have been conferred Master's degree and 12 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	289	12	3	-
Men	103	3	-	-
Women	186	9	3	-

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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	-	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Auditing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	58^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Special Education and Teaching	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Creative Writing	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Technology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	77	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,473 students enrolled in Coastal Carolina University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 683 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 210 male and 473 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 169 full-time and 514 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 265 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 51 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	683
Men Students	210
Women Students	473

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	683
Full-time Students	169
Part-time Students	514

By race/ethnicity 522 White, 83 Black, and 7 Asian students are attending at Coastal Carolina University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	683
American Indian / Native American	5
Asian	7
Black	83
Hispanic	22
White	522
Two or more races	12
Un-Known	8

22 students are younger than 22 and 113 students are older than 65. The school has 296 students aged between 22 and 30 and 112 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	683
21 & Under	22
22-24	174
25-29	122
30-34	63
35-39	49
40 & Over	113

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Coastal Carolina University, 265 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 51 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	543
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	265
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	51
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	227

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	265
South Carolina Resident	205
Other State In U.S.	52
Outside of U.S.	8

Graduate School Tuition at Coastal Carolina University