Graduate Program Overview

Rockhurst University is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Kansas City, Missouri. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $20,418. It offers nineteen (19) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameRockhurst University
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address1100 Rockhurst Rd, Kansas City, MO
Graduate School Students922 students
262 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$20,418
Student to Faculty13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 19 Graduate Programs
9 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Rockhurst University

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Rockhurst University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $20,418 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $898.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$19,480
Fees$938
Cost per Credit$898
Books & Supplies$2,000
Room & Board$11,540 (On-Campus) / $18,018 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$5,870 (On-Campus) / $5,870 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$39,828
Off-Campus Total$46,306
Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 5/10/2024)

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Rockhurst University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 19 major areas -

9 Master's (2 online programs), 3 Doctorate (1 online programs), 6 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 1 Post-Master'(1 online programs). 363 students have been conferred Master's degree and 49 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'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total3634913-
Men135206-
Women228297-

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.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist36 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Occupational Therapy/Therapist51 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing66ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business/CommerceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER 6 NOT OFFER
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
FinanceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management ScienceONLINE NOT OFFER 6ONLINE NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Rockhurst graduate schools have a total of 922 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 352 male and 570 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 387 full-time and 535 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 262 students enrolled through online exclusively and 360 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 691 White, 39 Black, and 59 Asian students are attending at Rockhurst University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

8 grad students are younger than 22 and 130 students are older than 65. It has 537 students aged between 22 and 30 and 185 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total922
Men352
Women570
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total922
Full-time Students387
Part-time Students535
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total922
American Indian /
Native American
4
Asian59
Black39
Hispanic52
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White691
Two or more races21
Un-Known42
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total922
21 & Under8
22-24292
25-29245
30-34116
35-3969
40 & Over130

Online Population

At Rockhurst University graduate schools, 262 students enrolled online exclusively and 360 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment860
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses262
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses360
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses238
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses262
Missouri Resident153
Other State In U.S.109
Outside of U.S.0