Graduate School Tuition at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is a four-years, public school located in La Crosse, WI. It offers 29 graduate programs - 22 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 3 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $10,373 for Wisconsin residents and $20,609 for others. A total of 927 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 10,274 students at U of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

U of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers online graduate programs and 468 out of 927 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Biology/Biological Sciences program has the highest salary ($168,000) after graduation and the Master's Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $98,100 average salary.

You can find U of Wisconsin-La Crosse's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is a four-years, public school located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,373 for Wisconsin residents and $20,609 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-nine (29) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Type	four-years, public
Address	1725 State St, La Crosse, WI
Graduate School Students	937 students 468 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$10,373 Out-of-State$20,609
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 29 Graduate Programs 22 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 5 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Wisconsin residents, the tuition & fees are $10,373 and $20,609 for non-Wisconsin residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $493 for Wisconsin residents and $1,061 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$8,870	$19,106
Fees	$1,503	$1,503
Cost per Credit	$493	$1,061
Books & Supplies	$120
Room & Board	$7,960 (On-Campus) / $7,960 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,036 (On-Campus) / $2,036 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$20,489	$30,725
Off-Campus Total	$20,489	$30,725

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$10,019	$10,052	$10,087	$10,124	$10,373
Out-of-State	$20,005	$20,038	$20,073	$20,110	$20,609

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 29 major areas - 22 Master's (5 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 3 Post-Bachelor', 2 Post-Master'.

332 students have been conferred Master's degree and 55 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	332	55	2	4
Men	116	20	1	2
Women	216	35	1	2

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 Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$39,000	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Data Science, General	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	26^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	46	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Software Engineering	9	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	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$168,000	-	-
Microbiology	4	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
Applied Statistics, General	9	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
Computational Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Data Science, General	29^ONLINE	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
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology	23	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
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	29^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	10	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	^ONLINE	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	$39,000	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	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
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,337 students enrolled in University of Wisconsin-La Crosse including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 937 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 324 male and 613 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 393 full-time and 544 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 468 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 103 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	937	393	544
Men Students	324	118	206
Women Students	613	275	338

By race/ethnicity 793 White, 18 Black, and 35 Asian students are attending at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	937	324	613
American Indian or Native American	5	1	4
Asian	14	21	18
Black	18	8	10
Hispanic	36	17	19
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	793	256	537
Tow or More Races	16	8	8
Race Unknown	8	5	3

9 students are younger than 22 and 126 students are older than 65. The school has 603 students aged between 22 and 30 and 189 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	937
21 & Under	9
22-24	350
25-29	253
30-34	100
35-39	89
40 & Over	126

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

At U of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 468 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 103 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	927
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	468
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	103
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	356

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	468
Wisconsin Resident	280
Other State In U.S.	181
Outside of U.S.	6

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