Graduate School Tuition at Ashland University

Ashland University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Ashland, OH. It offers 41 graduate programs - 27 Master's, 7 Doctorate, and 7 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,776 for all graduate students. A total of 1,091 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 4,174 students at Ashland.

Ashland offers online graduate programs and 662 out of 1,091 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Business Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($70,200) after graduation and the Master's History program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $57,700 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Ashland University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Ashland, Ohio. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,776. It offers forty-one (41) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Ashland University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH
Graduate School Students	1,198 students 662 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$7,776
Student to Faculty	11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 41 Graduate Programs 27 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $7,776 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $648.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$7,776
Cost per Credit	$648
Books & Supplies	$912
Room & Board	$11,960 (On-Campus) / $5,500 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,596 (On-Campus) / $3,728 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$23,244
Off-Campus Total	$17,916

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$6,540	$6,444	$6,972	$7,656	$7,776

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Ashland University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 41 major areas - 27 Master's (5 online programs), 7 Doctorate , 7 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs).

568 students have been conferred Master's degree and 29 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	568	29	5	-
Men	221	10	-	-
Women	347	19	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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Art Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education (other)	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
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Communication	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Communication	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	43	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$44,100	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	114^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$55,700	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$44,400	-	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Teacher Education	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Creative Writing	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Exercise Physiology	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

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		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies		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
Bible/Biblical Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Religious Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,200	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	34	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
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	217	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$70,200	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American History (United States)	64	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$55,700	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Leadership	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
Theology/Theological Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,200	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)			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
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,929 students enrolled in Ashland University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,198 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 493 male and 705 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 717 full-time and 481 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 662 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 226 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,198	717	481
Men Students	493	304	189
Women Students	705	413	292

By race/ethnicity 852 White, 176 Black, and 53 Asian students are attending at Ashland University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,198	493	705
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	25	28	176
Black	176	78	98
Hispanic	24	7	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	852	343	509
Tow or More Races	27	9	18
Race Unknown	59	28	31

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

At Ashland, 662 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 226 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,091
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	662
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	226
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	203

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	662
Ohio Resident	472
Other State In U.S.	187
Outside of U.S.	3

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