Graduate School Tuition at Princeton University

Princeton University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Princeton, NJ. It offers 86 graduate programs - 44 Master's, and 42 Doctorate. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $62,860 for all graduate students. A total of 3,238 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 8,842 students at Princeton.

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Graduate Program Overview

Princeton University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Princeton, New Jersey. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $62,860. It offers eighty-six (86) graduate programs.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Princeton University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ
Graduate School Students	3,157 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$62,860
Student to Faculty	5:1 (20.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 86 Graduate Programs 44 Master's, 42 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $62,860 for all students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$59,710
Fees	$3,150
Books & Supplies	$1,050
Room & Board	$19,380 (On-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,900 (On-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$87,190

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$53,770	$56,470	$58,790	$60,410	$62,860

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Princeton University offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 86 major areas - 44 Master's , 42 Doctorate .

680 students have been conferred Master's degree and 452 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	680	452	-	-
Men	381	302	-	-
Women	299	150	-	-

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.

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History	28		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	15		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	10		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sociology	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	26		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	20		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Demography and Population Studies	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	89		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	11		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics	16		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	37		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	3		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Astrophysics	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Philosophy	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Mathematics	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Mathematics	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics	10		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Neuroscience	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	11		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Biology	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Molecular Biology	21		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	10		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
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	8		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
German Language and Literature	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Comparative Literature	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Operations Research	15		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	35		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	47		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	28		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	27		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	51		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
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	8		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Architecture	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geology/Earth Science	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Civil Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering			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
East Asian Studies	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 8,478 students enrolled in Princeton University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,157 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 1,840 male and 1,317 female graduate students. All 3,157 graduate students are enrolled as full-time status

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,157	3,157	-
Men Students	1,840	1,840	-
Women Students	1,317	1,317	-

By race/ethnicity 1,011 White, 102 Black, and 294 Asian students are attending at Princeton University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,157	1,840	1,317
Asian	144	150	102
Black	102	45	57
Hispanic	229	143	86
White	1,011	585	426
Tow or More Races	90	34	56
Race Unknown	129	72	57

24 students are younger than 22 and 41 students are older than 65. The school has 2,525 students aged between 22 and 30 and 648 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	3,157
21 & Under	24
22-24	848
25-29	1,677
30-34	536
35-39	112
40 & Over	41

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