Graduate School Tuition at California State University-Bakersfield

California State University-Bakersfield is a four-years, public school located in Bakersfield, CA. It offers 21 graduate programs - 19 Master's, and 2 Doctorate. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $9,130 for California residents and $18,634 for others. A total of 1,425 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 9,613 students at CSU Bakersfield.

CSU Bakersfield offers online graduate programs and 383 out of 1,425 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Business Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($71,600) after graduation and the Master's Education program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $65,500 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,130 for California residents and $18,634 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-one (21) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	California State University-Bakersfield
Type	four-years, public
Address	9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA
Graduate School Students	1,605 students 383 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$9,130 Out-of-State$18,634
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 21 Graduate Programs 19 Master's, 2 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For California residents, the tuition & fees are $9,130 and $18,634 for non-California residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $397.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,176	$16,680
Fees	$1,954	$1,954
Cost per Credit	$0	$397
Books & Supplies	$1,068
Room & Board	$14,430 (On-Campus) / $16,316 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,782 (On-Campus) / $6,424 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$28,410	$37,914
Off-Campus Total	$32,938	$42,442

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$8,853	$8,933	$9,013	$9,071	$9,130
Out-of-State	$18,357	$18,437	$18,517	$18,575	$18,634

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

California State University-Bakersfield offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 21 major areas - 19 Master's (2 online programs), 2 Doctorate .

461 students have been conferred Master's degree and 6 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	461	6	-	-
Men	110	3	-	-
Women	351	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
Education	145^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$65,500	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,300	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Spanish Language and Literature	8	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
English Language and Literature	6	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
Biology/Biological Sciences	9	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	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	1	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
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geology/Earth Science	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	18	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	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,100	-	-
Social Work	75	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$57,600	-	-

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Sociology		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
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	19	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	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,600	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	2	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	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,972 students enrolled in California State University-Bakersfield including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,605 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 403 male and 1,202 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,154 full-time and 451 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 383 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 418 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,605	1,154	451
Men Students	403	266	137
Women Students	1,202	888	314

By race/ethnicity 351 White, 58 Black, and 79 Asian students are attending at California State University-Bakersfield. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,605	403	1,202
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	28	51	58
Black	58	15	43
Hispanic	935	217	718
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	351	96	255
Tow or More Races	47	13	34
Race Unknown	86	21	65

32 students are younger than 22 and 227 students are older than 65. The school has 758 students aged between 22 and 30 and 408 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,605
21 & Under	32
22-24	350
25-29	408
30-34	269
35-39	139
40 & Over	227

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

At CSU Bakersfield, 383 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 418 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,425
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	383
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	418
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	624

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	383
California Resident	378
Other State In U.S.	4
Outside of U.S.	1

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