Graduate School Tuition at McKendree University

McKendree University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Lebanon, IL. It offers 21 graduate programs - 13 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $9,450 for all graduate students. A total of 426 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,960 students at McKendree.

McKendree offers online graduate programs and 178 out of 426 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($90,600) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $56,200 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

McKendree University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Lebanon, 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 $9,450. It offers twenty-one (21) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	McKendree University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	701 College Rd, Lebanon, IL
Graduate School Students	515 students 178 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$9,450
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 21 Graduate Programs 13 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $9,450 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $525.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$9,450
Cost per Credit	$525
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$12,270 (On-Campus) / $7,810 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,710 (On-Campus) / $3,980 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,430
Off-Campus Total	$22,240

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$9,522	$9,324	$9,756	$9,450	$9,450

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

McKendree University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 21 major areas - 13 Master's (5 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 4 Post-Bachelor'(4 online programs), 2 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

229 students have been conferred Master's degree and 8 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	229	8	-	9
Men	89	-	-	3
Women	140	8	-	6

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.

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$43,000	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	15		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$48,800	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
History Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	11	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
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	3^ONLINE	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	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$90,600	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	89^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$56,200	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction			NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$48,800	-	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9
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 Administration	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,958 students enrolled in McKendree University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 515 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 166 male and 349 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 174 full-time and 341 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 178 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 168 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	515	174	341
Men Students	166	85	81
Women Students	349	89	260

By race/ethnicity 376 White, 43 Black, and 3 Asian students are attending at McKendree University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	515	166	349
Asian	1	2	43
Black	43	14	29
Hispanic	24	9	15
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	376	106	270
Tow or More Races	19	8	11
Race Unknown	31	12	19

9 students are younger than 22 and 162 students are older than 65. The school has 137 students aged between 22 and 30 and 118 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	515
21 & Under	9
22-24	88
25-29	49
30-34	46
35-39	72
40 & Over	162

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

At McKendree, 178 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 168 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	426
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	178
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	168
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	80

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	178
Illinois Resident	125
Other State In U.S.	52
Outside of U.S.	1

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