Graduate Programs | Naval Postgraduate School

Graduate Program Overview

Naval Postgraduate School is a four-years, public school located in Monterey, California. The school offers graduate degrees only. It offers 115 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Naval Postgraduate School
Type	four-years, public
Address	1 University Circle, Monterey, CA
Graduate School Students	2,787 students 1,225 students enrolled online exclusively
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 115 Graduate Programs 47 Master's, 22 Doctorate, 46 Post graduate certificates

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Naval Postgraduate School offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 115 major areas - 47 Master's (3 online programs), 22 Doctorate , 42 Post-Bachelor'(11 online programs), 4 Post-Master'.

1,144 students have been conferred Master's degree and 14 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	1,144	14	1,068	-
Men	908	13	865	-
Women	236	1	203	-

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.

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	38	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	38	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	34^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED
Transportation/Mobility Management	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	65	NOT OFFERED	47	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	109	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	120	NOT OFFERED	86	NOT OFFERED
National Security Policy Studies	47		12	NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences	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
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Critical Infrastructure Protection		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security	39			NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Acoustics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Meteorology	2		15	NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Data Analytics, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	NOT OFFERED
Data Science, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computational Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)		NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Military Systems and Maintenance Technology (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Joint Command/Task Force (C3, C4I Systems)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Undersea Warfare		NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Space Systems Operations	12	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Acoustics	12^ONLINE		1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Combat Systems Engineering				NOT OFFERED
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare		NOT OFFERED	39	NOT OFFERED
Information/Psychological Warfare and Military Media Relations	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Command & Control (C3, C4I Systems and Operations)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED
Strategic Intelligence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Intelligence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Mathematics	3		4	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Energy Systems Engineering, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	NOT OFFERED
Operations Research	83		73	NOT OFFERED
Systems Engineering	215		177^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Nuclear Engineering	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	27		NOT OFFERED
Engineering Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics			NOT OFFERED
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	66		NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Hardware Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	32		89^ONLINE

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	25	NOT OFFERED	158	NOT OFFERED
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	12	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED
Network and System Administration/Administrator			^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	9		16^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	31		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	6	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Artificial Intelligence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)		NOT OFFERED	25^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	28	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Undersea Warfare	10	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Operational Oceanography		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Space Systems Operations		NOT OFFERED	24^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Combat Systems Engineering	32			NOT OFFERED
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Electrical and Electronics Engineering			NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,787 students enrolled in Naval Postgraduate School including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,787 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 2,217 male and 570 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,490 full-time and 1,297 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,225 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,787	1,490	1,297
Men Students	2,217	1,233	984
Women Students	570	257	313

By race/ethnicity 1,996 White, 123 Black, and 141 Asian students are attending at Naval Postgraduate School. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,787	2,217	570
American Indian or Native American	4	3	1
Asian	107	34	123
Black	123	79	44
Hispanic	280	212	68
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	3	0
White	1,996	1,604	392
Tow or More Races	57	42	15
Race Unknown	48	42	6

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

At Naval Postgraduate School, 1,225 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,670
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,225
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,445

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,225
California Resident	239
Other State In U.S.	887
Outside of U.S.	85

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Graduate Program Overview

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Graduate Student Population