Graduate School Tuition at Georgia Southwestern State University

Georgia Southwestern State University is a four-years, public school located in Americus, GA. It offers 14 graduate programs - 8 Master's, 2 Post-bachelor's, and 4 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $4,408 for Georgia residents and $14,722 for others. A total of 597 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,070 students at GSW.

GSW offers online graduate programs and 239 out of 597 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $4,408 for Georgia residents and $14,722 for out-of-state students. It offers fourteen (14) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Georgia Southwestern State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	800 Georgia Southwestern State University Dr., Americus, GA
Graduate School Students	691 students 239 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$4,408 Out-of-State$14,722
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 14 Graduate Programs 8 Master's, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Georgia residents, the tuition & fees are $4,408 and $14,722 for non-Georgia residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $194 for Georgia residents and $767 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$3,492	$13,806
Fees	$916	$916
Cost per Credit	$194	$767
Books & Supplies	$1,240
Room & Board	$9,574 (On-Campus) / $9,400 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$5,280 (On-Campus) / $5,280 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$20,502	$30,816
Off-Campus Total	$20,328	$30,642

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$4,928	$4,892	$4,892	$4,399	$4,408
Out-of-State	$15,242	$15,206	$15,206	$14,722	$14,722

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Georgia Southwestern State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 14 major areas - 8 Master's (3 online programs), 2 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 4 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

218 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	218	7	1	137
Men	54	1	-	11
Women	164	6	1	126

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.

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	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
Medical Informatics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Special Education and Teaching	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	83	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	4	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
Humanities/Humanistic Studies		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
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	1^ONLINE	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	50^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	75
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	18
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	44
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 Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,157 students enrolled in Georgia Southwestern State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 691 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 152 male and 539 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 419 full-time and 272 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 239 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 357 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	691	419	272
Men Students	152	57	95
Women Students	539	362	177

By race/ethnicity 455 White, 126 Black, and 23 Asian students are attending at Georgia Southwestern State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	691	152	539
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	13	10	126
Black	126	20	106
Hispanic	34	13	21
White	455	78	377
Tow or More Races	11	3	8
Race Unknown	2	2	0

5 students are younger than 22 and 188 students are older than 65. The school has 217 students aged between 22 and 30 and 187 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	691
21 & Under	5
22-24	90
25-29	127
30-34	98
35-39	89
40 & Over	188

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

At GSW, 239 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 357 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	597
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	239
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	357
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	239
Georgia Resident	123
Other State In U.S.	92
Outside of U.S.	24

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