Graduate School Tuition at Point Park University

Point Park University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Pittsburgh, PA. It offers 34 graduate programs - 21 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 6 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $16,164 for all graduate students. A total of 870 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,288 students at Point Park.

Point Park offers online graduate programs and 678 out of 870 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Business Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($55,800) after graduation and the Master's Journalism program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $39,300 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Point Park University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $16,164. It offers thirty-four (34) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Point Park University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	201 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate School Students	930 students 678 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$16,164
Student to Faculty	11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 34 Graduate Programs 21 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 8 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $16,164 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $784.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$14,184
Fees	$1,980
Cost per Credit	$784
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$12,480 (On-Campus) / $3,150 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,340 (On-Campus) / $2,140 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$32,184
Off-Campus Total	$22,654

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$17,478	$17,748	$17,838	$15,642	$16,164

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Point Park University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 34 major areas - 21 Master's (3 online programs), 5 Doctorate , 6 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 2 Post-Master'.

279 students have been conferred Master's degree and 54 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	279	54	51	37
Men	98	20	16	9
Women	181	34	35	28

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.

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations/Image Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE		37
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Online Educator/Online Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Journalism	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$39,300	-	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communications Technologies

what is Communications Technologies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communications Technology/Technician	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	23^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	50	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

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

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Psychology	20		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	7	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
Playwriting and Screenwriting	9	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	17	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	73	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$55,800	-	-
Organizational Leadership	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE			34
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Organization and Advocacy	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Community Psychology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,505 students enrolled in Point Park University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 930 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 321 male and 609 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 151 full-time and 779 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 678 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 66 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	930	151	779
Men Students	321	62	259
Women Students	609	89	520

By race/ethnicity 661 White, 133 Black, and 8 Asian students are attending at Point Park University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	930	321	609
Asian	2	6	133
Black	133	35	98
Hispanic	81	28	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	661	233	428
Tow or More Races	18	8	10
Race Unknown	9	2	7

4 students are younger than 22 and 295 students are older than 65. The school has 304 students aged between 22 and 30 and 267 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	930
21 & Under	4
22-24	123
25-29	181
30-34	132
35-39	135
40 & Over	295

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

At Point Park, 678 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 66 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	870
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	678
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	66
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	126

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	678
Pennsylvania Resident	630
Other State In U.S.	46
Outside of U.S.	2

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