Graduate School Tuition at University of San Diego

University of San Diego is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in San Diego, CA. It offers 50 graduate programs - 42 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 2 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $29,328 for all graduate students. A total of 3,146 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 8,815 students at USD.

USD offers online graduate programs and 970 out of 3,146 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Doctorate Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($112,900) after graduation and the Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $87,400 average salary.

USD have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law. In addition, you can find USD's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

University of San Diego is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in San Diego, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $29,328. It offers fifty (50) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of San Diego
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA
Graduate School Students	3,339 students 970 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$29,328
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 50 Graduate Programs 42 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $29,328 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,603.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$28,854
Fees	$474
Cost per Credit	$1,603
Books & Supplies	$938
Room & Board	$18,084 (On-Campus) / $19,431 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,978 (On-Campus) / $6,192 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$52,328
Off-Campus Total	$55,889

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$27,762	$28,410	$28,410	$28,878	$29,328

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

University of San Diego offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 50 major areas - 42 Master's (8 online programs), 5 Doctorate (1 online programs), 2 Post-Bachelor', 1 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

1,012 students have been conferred Master's degree and 330 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	1,012	330	113	-
Men	481	126	19	-
Women	531	204	94	-

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
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor		NOT OFFERED	7	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	106	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Artificial Intelligence	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	59	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	72^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$69,300	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	57	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,100	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	20		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$47,900	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	7	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$73,500	-	-
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Comparative Law	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Law and Legal Studies	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Tax Law/Taxation	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Mathematics	23	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	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Data Science, General	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Analytics	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	74	NOT OFFERED	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
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	161^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	69^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

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
International Relations and Affairs	13	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
Acting	7	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
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Medical Informatics	84	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Administration	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	11		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Clinical Nurse Leader		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	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$85,700	-	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Research and Development Management	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Real Estate	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Taxation	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

what is History program?

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

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$47,900	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 9,041 students enrolled in University of San Diego including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,339 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 1,417 male and 1,922 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,643 full-time and 1,696 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 970 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,339	1,643	1,696
Men Students	1,417	583	834
Women Students	1,922	1,060	862

By race/ethnicity 1,533 White, 214 Black, and 356 Asian students are attending at University of San Diego. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,339	1,417	1,922
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	139	217	214
Black	214	93	121
Hispanic	717	304	413
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	13	9	4
White	1,533	655	878
Tow or More Races	160	53	107
Race Unknown	191	88	103

77 students are younger than 22 and 584 students are older than 65. The school has 1,676 students aged between 22 and 30 and 809 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	3,339
21 & Under	77
22-24	816
25-29	860
30-34	448
35-39	361
40 & Over	584

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

At USD, 970 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	3,146
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	970
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	2,176

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	970
California Resident	649
Other State In U.S.	277
Outside of U.S.	39

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