Graduate School Tuition at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a four-years, public school located in North Adams, MA. It offers 4 graduate programs - 2 Master's, 1 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,638 for Massachusetts residents and $7,853 for others. A total of 100 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 938 students at MCLA.

MCLA offers online graduate programs and 30 out of 100 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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Graduate Program Overview

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a four-years, public school located in North Adams, Massachusetts. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,638 for Massachusetts residents and $7,853 for out-of-state students. It offers four (4) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Type	four-years, public
Address	375 Church Street, North Adams, MA
Graduate School Students	124 students 30 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,638 Out-of-State$7,853
Student to Faculty	9:1 (11.11%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 4 Graduate Programs 2 Master's, 2 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Massachusetts residents, the tuition & fees are $7,638 and $7,853 for non-Massachusetts residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $214.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$0	$3,852
Fees	$0	$4,001
Cost per Credit	$0	$214
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$14,634 (On-Campus) / $8,400 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,150 (On-Campus) / $2,325 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$17,784	$25,637
Off-Campus Total	$11,725	$19,578

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,840	$7,056	$7,347	$7,638	-
Out-of-State	$6,840	$7,056	$7,347	$7,638	$7,853

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 4 major areas - 2 Master's , 1 Post-Bachelor', 1 Post-Master'.

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	38	-	-	10
Men	11	-	-	2
Women	27	-	-	8

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.

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Education

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	8	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Education

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10

Computer and Information Sciences

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

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Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 994 students enrolled in Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 124 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 41 male and 83 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 64 full-time and 60 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 30 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 58 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	124	64	60
Men Students	41	19	22
Women Students	83	45	38

By race/ethnicity 103 White, 2 Black, and 0 Asian students are attending at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	124	41	83
Black	2	1	1
Hispanic	10	3	7
White	103	35	68
Tow or More Races	4	1	3
Race Unknown	5	1	4

The school has 31 students aged between 22 and 30 and 41 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	124
22-24	9
25-29	22
30-34	22
35-39	19
40 & Over	28

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

At MCLA, 30 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 58 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	100
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	30
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	58
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	12

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	30
Massachusetts Resident	25
Other State In U.S.	5
Outside of U.S.	0

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