Graduate School Tuition at Francis Marion University

Francis Marion University is a four-years, public school located in Florence, SC. It offers 10 graduate programs - 8 Master's, 1 Doctorate, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $11,388 for South Carolina residents and $22,000 for others. A total of 410 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 4,045 students at Francis Marion.

Francis Marion offers online graduate programs and 232 out of 410 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($94,900) after graduation and the Master's Special Education and Teaching program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $43,000 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Francis Marion University is a four-years, public school located in Florence, South Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $11,388 for South Carolina residents and $22,000 for out-of-state students. It offers ten (10) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Francis Marion University
Type	four-years, public
Address	4822 East Palmetto Street, Florence, SC
Graduate School Students	448 students 232 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$11,388 Out-of-State$22,000
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 10 Graduate Programs 8 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 Francis Marion University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For South Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $11,388 and $22,000 for non-South Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $531 for South Carolina residents and $1,061 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$10,612	$21,224
Fees	$776	$776
Cost per Credit	$531	$1,061
Books & Supplies	$1,198
Room & Board	$8,898 (On-Campus) / $8,898 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,234 (On-Campus) / $4,486 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,718	$36,330
Off-Campus Total	$25,970	$36,582

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$11,388	$11,388	$11,388	$11,388	$11,388
Out-of-State	$22,000	$22,000	$22,000	$22,000	$22,000

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Francis Marion University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 10 major areas - 8 Master's (1 online programs), 1 Doctorate (1 online programs), 1 Post-Master'.

134 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	134	7	-	10
Men	20	1	-	-
Women	114	6	-	10

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
Curriculum and Instruction	33^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Psychology	20	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
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing		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	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10
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	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,923 students enrolled in Francis Marion University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 448 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 102 male and 346 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 125 full-time and 323 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 232 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 83 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	448	125	323
Men Students	102	13	89
Women Students	346	112	234

By race/ethnicity 295 White, 103 Black, and 5 Asian students are attending at Francis Marion University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	448	102	346
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	2	3	103
Black	103	20	83
Hispanic	15	1	14
White	295	65	230
Tow or More Races	7	4	3
Race Unknown	16	7	9

2 students are younger than 22 and 111 students are older than 65. The school has 209 students aged between 22 and 30 and 88 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	448
21 & Under	2
22-24	126
25-29	83
30-34	47
35-39	41
40 & Over	111

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

At Francis Marion, 232 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 83 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	410
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	232
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	83
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	95

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	232
South Carolina Resident	208
Other State In U.S.	18
Outside of U.S.	6

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