Graduate School Tuition at Missouri Southern State University

Missouri Southern State University is a four-years, public school located in Joplin, MO. It offers 7 graduate programs - 6 Master's, and 1 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $6,732 for Missouri residents and $12,240 for others. A total of 92 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 4,144 students at Missouri Southern.

Missouri Southern offers online graduate programs and 72 out of 92 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,732 for Missouri residents and $12,240 for out-of-state students. It offers seven (7) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Missouri Southern State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO
Graduate School Students	107 students 72 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$6,732 Out-of-State$12,240
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 7 Graduate Programs 6 Master's, 1 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Missouri residents, the tuition & fees are $6,732 and $12,240 for non-Missouri residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $374 for Missouri residents and $680 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,732	$12,240
Cost per Credit	$374	$680
Books & Supplies	$1,020
Room & Board	$7,172 (On-Campus) / $8,141 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,459 (On-Campus) / $7,279 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$18,383	$23,891
Off-Campus Total	$23,172	$28,680

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,732
Out-of-State	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$12,240

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Missouri Southern State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 7 major areas - 6 Master's (2 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor'.

56 students have been conferred Master's degree and 79 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	56	79	2	-
Men	19	65	-	-
Women	37	14	2	-

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.

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Pedagogy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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
Latin American Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Quality Control Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Language Interpretation and Translation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Pedagogy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Music (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
European History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,352 students enrolled in Missouri Southern State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 107 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 35 male and 72 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 28 full-time and 79 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 72 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 8 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	107	28	79
Men Students	35	12	23
Women Students	72	16	56

By race/ethnicity 87 White, 5 Black, and 1 Asian students are attending at Missouri Southern State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	107	35	72
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	1	0	5
Black	5	3	2
Hispanic	5	2	3
White	87	26	61
Tow or More Races	3	1	2
Race Unknown	1	0	1

2 students are younger than 22 and 20 students are older than 65. The school has 48 students aged between 22 and 30 and 22 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	107
21 & Under	2
22-24	30
25-29	18
30-34	15
35-39	7
40 & Over	20

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

At Missouri Southern, 72 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	92
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	8
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	12

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
Missouri Resident	54
Other State In U.S.	18
Outside of U.S.	0

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