Graduate School Tuition at North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central University is a four-years, public school located in Durham, NC. It offers 31 graduate programs - 29 Master's, and 2 Doctorate. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,480 for North Carolina residents and $20,788 for others. A total of 1,919 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 7,553 students at North Carolina Central.

North Carolina Central offers online graduate programs and 691 out of 1,919 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Information Science/Studies program has the highest salary ($54,100) after graduation and the Master's Educational Leadership and Administration program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $51,500 average salary.

North Carolina Central have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law. In addition, you can find North Carolina Central's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

North Carolina Central University is a four-years, public school located in Durham, North Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,480 for North Carolina residents and $20,788 for out-of-state students. It offers thirty-one (31) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	North Carolina Central University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC
Graduate School Students	2,061 students 691 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,480 Out-of-State$20,788
Student to Faculty	14:1 (7.14%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 31 Graduate Programs 29 Master's, 2 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For North Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $7,480 and $20,788 for non-North Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $306 for North Carolina residents and $1,045 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$4,740	$18,048
Fees	$2,740	$2,740
Cost per Credit	$306	$1,045
Books & Supplies	$1,500
Room & Board	$14,760 (On-Campus) / $13,267 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,986 (On-Campus) / $3,986 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,726	$41,034
Off-Campus Total	$26,233	$39,541

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,546	$7,641	$7,641	$7,537	$7,480
Out-of-State	$20,500	$20,595	$20,595	$20,845	$20,788

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

North Carolina Central University offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 31 major areas - 29 Master's (16 online programs), 2 Doctorate .

600 students have been conferred Master's degree and 132 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	600	132	-	-
Men	136	42	-	-
Women	464	90	-	-

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
Information Science/Studies	36^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$54,100	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	38^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	18^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$34,400	-	-

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

what is Library Science program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	94^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,100	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biomedical Sciences	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	10		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	25	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
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	58	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,900	-	-
Social Work	74	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$40,300	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Jazz/Jazz Studies	9^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
Communication Sciences and Disorders	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$50,500	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	30^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	^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	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,300	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 7,953 students enrolled in North Carolina Central University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,061 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 531 male and 1,530 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,417 full-time and 644 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 691 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 333 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,061	1,417	644
Men Students	531	380	151
Women Students	1,530	1,037	493

By race/ethnicity 493 White, 1,294 Black, and 34 Asian students are attending at North Carolina Central University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,061	531	1,530
American Indian or Native American	8	3	5
Asian	8	26	1,294
Black	1,294	324	970
Hispanic	110	34	76
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	493	130	363
Tow or More Races	81	22	59
Race Unknown	16	5	11

48 students are younger than 22 and 351 students are older than 65. The school has 1,129 students aged between 22 and 30 and 391 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,061
21 & Under	48
22-24	609
25-29	520
30-34	256
35-39	135
40 & Over	351

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

At North Carolina Central, 691 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 333 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,919
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	691
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	333
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	895

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	691
North Carolina Resident	579
Other State In U.S.	108
Outside of U.S.	4

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