Graduate School Tuition at Northern State University

Northern State University is a four-years, public school located in Aberdeen, SD. It offers 17 graduate programs - 10 Master's, and 7 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $6,736 for South Dakota residents and $11,936 for others. A total of 493 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,344 students at NSU.

NSU offers online graduate programs and 392 out of 493 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services program has the highest salary ($43,400) after graduation and the Master's Curriculum and Instruction program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $39,600 average salary.

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Graduate Program Overview

Northern State University is a four-years, public school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,736 for South Dakota residents and $11,936 for out-of-state students. It offers seventeen (17) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Northern State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1200 S Jay St, Aberdeen, SD
Graduate School Students	473 students 392 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$6,736 Out-of-State$11,936
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 17 Graduate Programs 10 Master's, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For South Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $6,736 and $11,936 for non-South Dakota residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $374 for South Dakota residents and $663 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,999	$11,199
Fees	$737	$737
Cost per Credit	$374	$663
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$10,300 (On-Campus) / $10,300 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,000 (On-Campus) / $3,000 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$21,236	$26,436
Off-Campus Total	$21,236	$26,436

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,665	$6,665	$6,736	$6,736	$6,736
Out-of-State	$11,814	$11,814	$11,936	$11,936	$11,936

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Northern State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 17 major areas - 10 Master's (8 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor'(5 online programs).

64 students have been conferred Master's degree and 19 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	64	19	-	-
Men	30	5	-	-
Women	34	14	-	-

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.

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
German Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

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

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Banking and Financial Support Services	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$39,600	-	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$43,400	-	-
Art Teacher Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Mathematics	6^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	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Banking and Financial Support Services	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

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
German Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

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	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chinese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	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
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biotechnology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
American Government and Politics (United States	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Jazz/Jazz Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Pedagogy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

what is History program?

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,340 students enrolled in Northern State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 473 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 126 male and 347 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 57 full-time and 416 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 392 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 33 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	473	57	416
Men Students	126	32	94
Women Students	347	25	322

By race/ethnicity 442 White, 5 Black, and 4 Asian students are attending at Northern State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	473	126	347
American Indian or Native American	3	0	3
Asian	1	3	5
Black	5	5	0
Hispanic	6	2	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	442	113	329
Tow or More Races	5	0	5

2 students are younger than 22 and 165 students are older than 65. The school has 183 students aged between 22 and 30 and 143 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	473
21 & Under	2
22-24	90
25-29	93
30-34	79
35-39	64
40 & Over	165

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

At NSU, 392 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 33 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	493
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	392
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	33
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	68

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	392
South Dakota Resident	339
Other State In U.S.	51
Outside of U.S.	2

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