Graduate School Tuition at Salisbury University

Salisbury University is a four-years, public school located in Salisbury, MD. It offers 23 graduate programs - 15 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 3 Post-bachelor's, and 3 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $10,330 for Maryland residents and $15,595 for others. A total of 745 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 7,123 students at SU.

SU offers online graduate programs and 357 out of 745 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Business Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($52,700) after graduation and the Master's Education program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $44,400 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Salisbury University is a four-years, public school located in Salisbury, Maryland. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,330 for Maryland residents and $15,595 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-three (23) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Salisbury University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD
Graduate School Students	875 students 357 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$10,330 Out-of-State$15,595
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 23 Graduate Programs 15 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Maryland residents, the tuition & fees are $10,330 and $15,595 for non-Maryland residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $458 for Maryland residents and $749 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$8,260	$13,525
Fees	$2,070	$2,070
Cost per Credit	$458	$749
Books & Supplies	$1,300
Room & Board	$13,416 (On-Campus) / $13,416 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,176 (On-Campus) / $4,176 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$29,222	$34,487
Off-Campus Total	$29,222	$34,487

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$10,713	$10,713	$10,529	$9,840	$10,330
Out-of-State	$15,543	$15,543	$15,765	$14,688	$15,595

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Salisbury University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 23 major areas - 15 Master's (2 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 3 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 3 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

331 students have been conferred Master's degree and 28 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	331	28	12	5
Men	69	8	1	1
Women	262	20	11	4

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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	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 Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,500	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$44,400	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	25	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	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	196	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,900	-	-

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography	9^ONLINE	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
Athletic Training/Trainer	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	13	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,500	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$52,700	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	3	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		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	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
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	NOT OFFERED	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
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 7,570 students enrolled in Salisbury University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 875 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 195 male and 680 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 513 full-time and 362 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 357 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 108 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	875	513	362
Men Students	195	119	76
Women Students	680	394	286

By race/ethnicity 649 White, 124 Black, and 17 Asian students are attending at Salisbury University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	875	195	680
American Indian or Native American	2	0	2
Asian	3	14	124
Black	124	24	100
Hispanic	19	6	13
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	649	148	501
Tow or More Races	25	3	22
Race Unknown	28	8	20

44 students are younger than 22 and 146 students are older than 65. The school has 384 students aged between 22 and 30 and 171 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	875
21 & Under	44
22-24	178
25-29	206
30-34	109
35-39	62
40 & Over	146

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

At SU, 357 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 108 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	745
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	357
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	108
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	280

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	357
Maryland Resident	278
Other State In U.S.	75
Outside of U.S.	4

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