Graduate School Tuition at Virginia State University

Virginia State University is a four-years, public school located in Petersburg, VA. It offers 21 graduate programs - 13 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 6 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $12,841 for Virginia residents and $24,154 for others. A total of 348 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 4,648 students at VSU.

VSU offers online graduate programs and 32 out of 348 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Virginia State University is a four-years, public school located in Petersburg, Virginia. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $12,841 for Virginia residents and $24,154 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	Virginia State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA
Graduate School Students	401 students 32 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$12,841 Out-of-State$24,154
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 21 Graduate Programs 13 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

For Virginia residents, the tuition & fees are $12,841 and $24,154 for non-Virginia residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $583 for Virginia residents and $1,110 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$8,626	$19,186
Fees	$4,215	$4,968
Cost per Credit	$583	$1,110
Books & Supplies	$1,300
Room & Board	$12,966 (On-Campus) / $15,068 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,640 (On-Campus) / $4,940 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$30,747	$42,060
Off-Campus Total	$34,149	$45,462

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$11,989	$11,989	$11,989	$12,489	$12,841
Out-of-State	$22,994	$22,994	$22,994	$23,494	$24,154

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Virginia State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 21 major areas - 13 Master's (1 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 6 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs).

102 students have been conferred Master's degree and 8 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	102	8	5	-
Men	28	1	1	-
Women	74	7	4	-

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.

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Dietetics/Dietitian	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (other)	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	4	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Managerial Economics	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Medical Psychology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,300 students enrolled in Virginia State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 401 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 122 male and 279 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 246 full-time and 155 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 32 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	401	246	155
Men Students	122	76	46
Women Students	279	170	109

By race/ethnicity 26 White, 336 Black, and 3 Asian students are attending at Virginia State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	401	122	279
Black	336	101	235
White	26	7	19
Race Unknown	22	7	15

4 students are younger than 22 and 86 students are older than 65. The school has 184 students aged between 22 and 30 and 74 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	401
21 & Under	4
22-24	83
25-29	101
30-34	46
35-39	28
40 & Over	86

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

At VSU, 32 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	348
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	32
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	316

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	32
Virginia Resident	27
Other State In U.S.	5
Outside of U.S.	0

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