Graduate School Tuition at Rockhurst University

Rockhurst University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Kansas City, MO. It offers 19 graduate programs - 9 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 6 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $20,418 for all graduate students. A total of 860 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,405 students at Rockhurst.

Rockhurst offers online graduate programs and 262 out of 860 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Doctorate Art Therapy/Therapist program has the highest salary ($66,500) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $62,400 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Rockhurst University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Kansas City, Missouri. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $20,418. It offers nineteen (19) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Rockhurst University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	1100 Rockhurst Rd, Kansas City, MO
Graduate School Students	922 students 262 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$20,418
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 19 Graduate Programs 9 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $20,418 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $898.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$19,480
Fees	$938
Cost per Credit	$898
Books & Supplies	$2,000
Room & Board	$11,540 (On-Campus) / $18,018 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$5,870 (On-Campus) / $5,870 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$39,828
Off-Campus Total	$46,306

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$16,436	$16,780	$17,104	$17,620	$20,418

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Rockhurst University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 19 major areas - 9 Master's (2 online programs), 3 Doctorate (1 online programs), 6 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 1 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

363 students have been conferred Master's degree and 55 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	363	55	13	-
Men	135	21	6	-
Women	228	34	7	-

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.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Administration and Management		NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$62,400	-	-
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,600	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	5	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
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	36	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	51		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	66^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	161	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$62,400	-	-
Management Science	34^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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
Occupational Therapy/Therapist			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,626 students enrolled in Rockhurst University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 922 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 352 male and 570 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 387 full-time and 535 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 262 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 360 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	922	387	535
Men Students	352	107	245
Women Students	570	280	290

By race/ethnicity 691 White, 39 Black, and 59 Asian students are attending at Rockhurst University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	922	352	570
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	31	28	39
Black	39	16	23
Hispanic	52	17	35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	691	258	433
Tow or More Races	21	8	13
Race Unknown	42	11	31

8 students are younger than 22 and 130 students are older than 65. The school has 537 students aged between 22 and 30 and 185 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	922
21 & Under	8
22-24	292
25-29	245
30-34	116
35-39	69
40 & Over	130

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

At Rockhurst, 262 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 360 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	860
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	262
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	360
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	238

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	262
Missouri Resident	153
Other State In U.S.	109
Outside of U.S.	0

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