Graduate School Tuition at Saint Francis University

Saint Francis University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Loretto, PA. It offers 20 graduate programs - 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $21,940 for all graduate students. A total of 396 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,857 students at Saint Francis.

Saint Francis offers online graduate programs and 224 out of 396 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Saint Francis University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Loretto, 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 $21,940. It offers twenty (20) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Saint Francis University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	117 Evergreen Dr, Loretto, PA
Graduate School Students	482 students 224 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$21,940
Student to Faculty	15:1 (6.67%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 20 Graduate Programs 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 5 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $21,940 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,100.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$21,290
Fees	$650
Cost per Credit	$1,100
Books & Supplies	$2,000
Room & Board	$13,880 (On-Campus) / $13,880 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,000 (On-Campus) / $6,000 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$40,820
Off-Campus Total	$43,820

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$25,500	$25,500	$22,520	$21,940	$21,940

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Saint Francis University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 20 major areas - 14 Master's (6 online programs), 1 Doctorate , 4 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 1 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

243 students have been conferred Master's degree and 27 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	243	27	-	-
Men	67	9	-	-
Women	176	18	-	-

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
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)		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
Oncology and Cancer Biology	6	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
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	76^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	43	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	^ONLINE
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
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,034 students enrolled in Saint Francis University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 482 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 141 male and 341 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 278 full-time and 204 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 224 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 61 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	482	278	204
Men Students	141	79	62
Women Students	341	199	142

By race/ethnicity 358 White, 29 Black, and 9 Asian students are attending at Saint Francis University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	482	141	341
Asian	1	8	29
Black	29	20	9
Hispanic	23	6	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	358	96	262
Tow or More Races	7	0	7
Race Unknown	52	17	35

10 students are younger than 22 and 76 students are older than 65. The school has 262 students aged between 22 and 30 and 48 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	482
21 & Under	10
22-24	192
25-29	70
30-34	29
35-39	19
40 & Over	76

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

At Saint Francis, 224 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 61 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	396
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	224
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	61
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	111

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	224
Pennsylvania Resident	180
Other State In U.S.	43
Outside of U.S.	1

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