Graduate School Tuition at University of Nebraska at Kearney

University of Nebraska at Kearney is a four-years, public school located in Kearney, NE. It offers 21 graduate programs - 19 Master's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,866 for Nebraska residents and $15,570 for others. A total of 1,772 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 6,041 students at UNK.

UNK offers online graduate programs and 1,581 out of 1,772 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Educational Leadership and Administration program has the highest salary ($57,300) after graduation and the Doctorate Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $49,800 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

University of Nebraska at Kearney is a four-years, public school located in Kearney, Nebraska. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,866 for Nebraska residents and $15,570 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-one (21) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Nebraska at Kearney
Type	four-years, public
Address	2504 9th Avenue, Kearney, NE
Graduate School Students	1,848 students 1,581 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,866 Out-of-State$15,570
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 21 Graduate Programs 19 Master's, 2 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Nebraska residents, the tuition & fees are $7,866 and $15,570 for non-Nebraska residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $269 for Nebraska residents and $591 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,432	$14,136
Fees	$1,434	$1,434
Cost per Credit	$269	$591
Books & Supplies	$770
Room & Board	$11,936 (On-Campus) / $11,936 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$5,078 (On-Campus) / $5,078 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,650	$33,354
Off-Campus Total	$25,650	$33,354

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,381	$7,352	$7,542	$7,562	$7,866
Out-of-State	$14,629	$14,792	$14,982	$15,002	$15,570

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

University of Nebraska at Kearney offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 21 major areas - 19 Master's (10 online programs), 2 Post-Master'.

484 students have been conferred Master's degree and 4 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	484	4	-	26
Men	128	2	-	8
Women	356	2	-	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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	75	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,500	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	40^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$57,300	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	46^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,500	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	42	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$40,300	-	$49,800
Elementary Education and Teaching	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	31^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Spanish Language and Literature	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	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	20	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	81	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,000	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Art/Art Studies	16^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music	4^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
Communication Sciences and Disorders	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,200	-	-
Long Term Care Administration/Management	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	1^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	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$44,300	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11
Salary After Completing	$57,300	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15
Salary After Completing	$40,300	-	$49,800

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 6,275 students enrolled in University of Nebraska at Kearney including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,848 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 559 male and 1,289 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 318 full-time and 1,530 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,581 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 144 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,848	318	1,530
Men Students	559	81	478
Women Students	1,289	237	1,052

By race/ethnicity 1,610 White, 27 Black, and 28 Asian students are attending at University of Nebraska at Kearney. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,848	559	1,289
American Indian or Native American	6	3	3
Asian	7	21	27
Black	27	12	15
Hispanic	101	40	61
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	3	0
White	1,610	461	1,149
Tow or More Races	44	20	24
Race Unknown	10	3	7

5 students are younger than 22 and 408 students are older than 65. The school has 781 students aged between 22 and 30 and 578 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,848
21 & Under	5
22-24	274
25-29	507
30-34	358
35-39	220
40 & Over	408

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

At UNK, 1,581 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 144 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,772
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,581
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	144
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	47

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,581
Nebraska Resident	1,204
Other State In U.S.	369
Outside of U.S.	8

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