Graduate School Tuition at Aurora University

Aurora University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Aurora, IL. It offers 22 graduate programs - 18 Master's, 3 Doctorate, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $15,363 for all graduate students. A total of 1,870 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,918 students at Aurora.

Aurora offers online graduate programs and 1,128 out of 1,870 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Educational Leadership and Administration program has the highest salary ($63,600) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $62,800 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $15,363. It offers twenty-two (22) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Aurora University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	347 S Gladstone Ave, Aurora, IL
Graduate School Students	2,051 students 1,128 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$15,363
Student to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 22 Graduate Programs 18 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $15,363 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $651.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$15,363
Cost per Credit	$651
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$13,240 (On-Campus) / $4,248 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,204 (On-Campus) / $3,420 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$33,007
Off-Campus Total	$24,231

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$12,600	$13,200	$14,100	$14,586	$15,363

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Aurora University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 22 major areas - 18 Master's , 3 Doctorate , 1 Post-Master'.

936 students have been conferred Master's degree and 54 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	936	54	-	35
Men	179	17	-	2
Women	757	37	-	33

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
Bilingual and Multilingual Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,400	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	65		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	67		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$63,600	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,600	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics		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
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Behavior Analysis	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Social Work	519		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,300	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Athletic Training/Trainer	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse		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	127	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$62,800	-	-
Digital Marketing	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work			NOT OFFERED	35
Salary After Completing	$41,300	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$63,600	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,300	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 6,165 students enrolled in Aurora University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,051 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 424 male and 1,627 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 943 full-time and 1,108 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,128 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 140 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,051	943	1,108
Men Students	424	176	248
Women Students	1,627	767	860

By race/ethnicity 1,298 White, 218 Black, and 42 Asian students are attending at Aurora University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,051	424	1,627
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	14	28	218
Black	218	28	190
Hispanic	340	70	270
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,298	271	1,027
Tow or More Races	48	12	36
Race Unknown	97	24	73

23 students are younger than 22 and 445 students are older than 65. The school has 876 students aged between 22 and 30 and 526 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,051
21 & Under	23
22-24	420
25-29	456
30-34	321
35-39	205
40 & Over	445

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

At Aurora, 1,128 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 140 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,870
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,128
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	140
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	602

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,128
Illinois Resident	895
Other State In U.S.	233
Outside of U.S.	0

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