Graduate School Tuition at Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University is a four-years, public school located in Alcorn State, MS. It offers 16 graduate programs - 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $8,854 for Mississippi residents and $9,263 for others. A total of 502 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,933 students at Alcorn State.

Alcorn State offers online graduate programs and 296 out of 502 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Alcorn State's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Alcorn State University is a four-years, public school located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,854 for Mississippi residents and $9,263 for out-of-state students. It offers sixteen (16) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Alcorn State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1000 ASU Dr Ste 359, Alcorn State, MS
Graduate School Students	541 students 296 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$8,854 Out-of-State$9,263
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 16 Graduate Programs 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Alcorn State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For Mississippi residents, the tuition & fees are $8,854 and $9,263 for non-Mississippi residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $475.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$0	$8,583
Fees	$0	$680
Cost per Credit	$0	$475
Books & Supplies	$1,672
Room & Board	$10,255 (On-Campus) / $10,255 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,268 (On-Campus) / $4,746 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$15,195	$24,458
Off-Campus Total	$16,673	$25,936

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,290	$7,290	$8,395	$8,854	-
Out-of-State	$7,290	$7,290	$8,395	$8,854	$9,263

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Alcorn State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 16 major areas - 14 Master's (4 online programs), 1 Doctorate (1 online programs), 1 Post-Master'.

145 students have been conferred Master's degree and 7 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	145	7	-	1
Men	36	-	-	1
Women	109	7	-	-

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.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community College Education	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	35^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	18	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	4	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
Biology/Biological Sciences	24^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biotechnology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Casino Management		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,074 students enrolled in Alcorn State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 541 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 132 male and 409 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 171 full-time and 370 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 296 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 177 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	541	171	370
Men Students	132	56	76
Women Students	409	115	294

By race/ethnicity 17 White, 507 Black, and 5 Asian students are attending at Alcorn State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	541	132	409
Asian	2	3	507
Black	507	118	389
White	17	5	12

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

At Alcorn State, 296 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 177 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	502
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	296
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	177
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	29

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	296
Mississippi Resident	249
Other State In U.S.	39
Outside of U.S.	8

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