Graduate School Tuition at Southern Wesleyan University

Southern Wesleyan University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Central, SC. It offers 11 graduate programs - 8 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 1 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $13,746 for all graduate students. A total of 279 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,175 students at SWU.

SWU offers online graduate programs and 279 out of 279 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Educational Leadership and Administration program has the highest salary ($51,200) after graduation and the Master's Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $46,000 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Southern Wesleyan University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Central, South Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $13,746. It offers eleven (11) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southern Wesleyan University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	907 Wesleyan Drive, Central, SC
Graduate School Students	257 students 279 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$13,746
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 11 Graduate Programs 8 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $13,746 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $528.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$12,696
Fees	$1,050
Cost per Credit	$528
Books & Supplies	$1,060
Room & Board	$10,654 (On-Campus) / $9,183 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,325 (On-Campus) / $2,700 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,785
Off-Campus Total	$26,689

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$10,170	$13,726	$13,726	$12,954	$13,746

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Southern Wesleyan University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 11 major areas - 8 Master's (5 online programs), 2 Doctorate (2 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs).

70 students have been conferred Master's degree and 9 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	70	9	1	-
Men	18	-	-	-
Women	52	9	1	-

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
Educational/Instructional Technology	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,200	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies	^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
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Operations Management and Supervision	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Development	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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)	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,300 students enrolled in Southern Wesleyan University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 257 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 52 male and 205 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 48 full-time and 209 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 279 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	257	48	209
Men Students	52	13	39
Women Students	205	35	170

By race/ethnicity 169 White, 61 Black, and 1 Asian students are attending at Southern Wesleyan University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	257	52	205
Black	61	18	43
Hispanic	10	2	8
White	169	31	138
Tow or More Races	5	0	5
Race Unknown	10	0	10

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

At SWU, 279 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	279
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	279
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	0

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	279
South Carolina Resident	241
Other State In U.S.	37
Outside of U.S.	1

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