Graduate School Tuition at Valley City State University

Valley City State University is a four-years, public school located in Valley City, ND. It offers 6 graduate programs - 2 Master's, and 4 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,984 for North Dakota residents and $8,026 for others. A total of 137 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,658 students at Valley City State.

Valley City State offers online graduate programs and 135 out of 137 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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Graduate Program Overview

Valley City State University is a four-years, public school located in Valley City, North Dakota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,984 for North Dakota residents and $8,026 for out-of-state students. It offers six (6) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Valley City State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	101 College St SW, Valley City, ND
Graduate School Students	163 students 135 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,984 Out-of-State$8,026
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 6 Graduate Programs 2 Master's, 4 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For North Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $7,984 and $8,026 for non-North Dakota residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $369.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$0	$6,605
Fees	$0	$1,421
Cost per Credit	$0	$369
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$7,280 (On-Campus) / $7,280 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,336 (On-Campus) / $4,336 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$12,616	$20,642
Off-Campus Total	$12,616	$20,642

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,240	$7,473	$7,723	$7,984	-
Out-of-State	$7,240	$7,473	$7,723	$7,984	$8,026

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Valley City State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 6 major areas - 2 Master's (2 online programs), 4 Post-Bachelor'(4 online programs).

44 students have been conferred Master's degree and 105 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	44	105	17	-
Men	14	21	6	-
Women	30	84	11	-

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.

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	38^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	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
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	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 Subject Areas (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

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	-	-	-

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	NOT OFFERED	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
Music Theory and Composition	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Keyboard Instruments	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Selling Skills and Sales Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,686 students enrolled in Valley City State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 163 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 53 male and 110 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 7 full-time and 156 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 135 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 2 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	163	7	156
Men Students	53	3	50
Women Students	110	4	106

By race/ethnicity 152 White, 2 Black, and 1 Asian students are attending at Valley City State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	163	53	110
Asian	1	0	2
Black	2	2	0
White	152	45	107
Tow or More Races	5	3	2
Race Unknown	1	1	0

The school has 55 students aged between 22 and 30 and 45 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	163
22-24	9
25-29	46
30-34	20
35-39	25
40 & Over	37

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

At Valley City State, 135 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	137
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	135
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	2
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	0

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	135
North Dakota Resident	113
Other State In U.S.	22
Outside of U.S.	0

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