Graduate School Tuition at Western Seminary

Western Seminary is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Portland, OR. It offers 10 graduate programs - 5 Master's, 3 Doctorate, and 2 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $16,068 for all graduate students.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Western Seminary is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Portland, Oregon. The school offers graduate degrees only.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $16,068. It offers ten (10) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Western Seminary
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	5511 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR
Graduate School Students	835 students 402 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$16,068
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 10 Graduate Programs 5 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 2 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

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

The tuition & fees is $16,068 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $642.

2023 Tuition & Fees

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Tuition & Fees	$14,700	$15,060	$15,300	$15,468	$16,068

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Western Seminary offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 10 major areas - 5 Master's (2 online programs), 3 Doctorate , 2 Post-Bachelor'.

153 students have been conferred Master's degree and 9 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	153	9	11	-
Men	117	8	6	-
Women	36	1	5	-

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.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED
Divinity/Ministry	69^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology/Theological Studies	52^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 835 students enrolled in Western Seminary including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 835 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 585 male and 250 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 62 full-time and 773 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 402 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 68 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	835	62	773
Men Students	585	34	551
Women Students	250	28	222

By race/ethnicity 584 White, 31 Black, and 93 Asian students are attending at Western Seminary. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	835	585	250
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	55	38	31
Black	31	22	9
Hispanic	40	26	14
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	5	0
White	584	427	157
Tow or More Races	35	22	13
Race Unknown	45	26	19

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

At Western Seminary, 402 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 68 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	817
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	402
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	68
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	347

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	402
Oregon Resident	33
Other State In U.S.	342
Outside of U.S.	27

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