Graduate School Tuition at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a four-years, public school located in Magnolia, AR. It offers 22 graduate programs - 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, and 7 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,236 for Arkansas residents and $10,440 for others. A total of 1,946 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,094 students at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus offers online graduate programs and 968 out of 1,946 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Business Administration and Management program has the highest salary ($59,300) after graduation and the Master's Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $42,000 average salary.

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Graduate Program Overview

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a four-years, public school located in Magnolia, Arkansas. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,236 for Arkansas residents and $10,440 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-two (22) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Type	four-years, public
Address	100 E. University, Magnolia, AR
Graduate School Students	1,274 students 968 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,236 Out-of-State$10,440
Student to Faculty	15:1 (6.67%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 22 Graduate Programs 14 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Arkansas residents, the tuition & fees are $7,236 and $10,440 for non-Arkansas residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $310 for Arkansas residents and $488 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,616	$8,820
Fees	$1,620	$1,620
Cost per Credit	$310	$488
Books & Supplies	$1,600
Room & Board	$7,601 (On-Campus) / $7,601 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$6,619 (On-Campus) / $8,240 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$23,056	$26,260
Off-Campus Total	$24,677	$27,881

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,582	$6,894	$6,894	$7,092	$7,236
Out-of-State	$9,462	$9,810	$9,882	$10,224	$10,440

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 22 major areas - 14 Master's (14 online programs), 1 Doctorate (1 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor'(6 online programs).

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	394	-	30	-
Men	118	-	12	-
Women	276	-	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
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	24^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	85^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	20^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	37^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	87^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education (other)	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	13^ONLINE	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	16^ONLINE	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	56^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$59,300	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Forensic Science and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,434 students enrolled in Southern Arkansas University Main Campus including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,274 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 449 male and 825 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 276 full-time and 998 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 968 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 957 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,274	276	998
Men Students	449	137	312
Women Students	825	139	686

By race/ethnicity 592 White, 219 Black, and 15 Asian students are attending at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,274	449	825
American Indian or Native American	7	1	6
Asian	7	8	219
Black	219	54	165
Hispanic	34	10	24
White	592	175	417
Tow or More Races	97	24	73
Race Unknown	33	8	25

22 students are younger than 22 and 260 students are older than 65. The school has 1,298 students aged between 22 and 30 and 366 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,274
21 & Under	22
22-24	630
25-29	668
30-34	224
35-39	142
40 & Over	260

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

At Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, 968 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 957 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,946
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	968
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	957
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	21

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	968
Arkansas Resident	816
Other State In U.S.	130
Outside of U.S.	22

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