Graduate School Tuition at Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University is a four-years, public school located in Winston-Salem, NC. It offers 15 graduate programs - 7 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $7,206 for North Carolina residents and $17,741 for others. A total of 491 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,004 students at WSSU.

WSSU offers online graduate programs and 304 out of 491 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($86,900) after graduation and the Master's Art Therapy/Therapist program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $57,500 average salary.

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

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Graduate Program Overview

Winston-Salem State University is a four-years, public school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,206 for North Carolina residents and $17,741 for out-of-state students. It offers fifteen (15) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Winston-Salem State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	601 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, NC
Graduate School Students	500 students 304 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,206 Out-of-State$17,741
Student to Faculty	15:1 (6.67%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 15 Graduate Programs 7 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 Winston-Salem State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For North Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $7,206 and $17,741 for non-North Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $230 for North Carolina residents and $821 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$3,872	$14,407
Fees	$3,334	$3,334
Cost per Credit	$230	$821
Books & Supplies	$1,690
Room & Board	$11,484 (On-Campus) / $10,800 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,492 (On-Campus) / $4,831 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$23,872	$34,407
Off-Campus Total	$24,527	$35,062

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,412	$6,412	$6,718	$6,747	$7,206
Out-of-State	$16,527	$16,527	$17,253	$17,282	$17,741

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Winston-Salem State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 15 major areas - 7 Master's (3 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 4 Post-Bachelor'(3 online programs), 2 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

132 students have been conferred Master's degree and 59 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	132	59	-	3
Men	16	18	-	1
Women	116	41	-	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.

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Programming/Programmer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	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
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	2	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)	13	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	36^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	30^ONLINE	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	12	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 Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,226 students enrolled in Winston-Salem State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 500 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 95 male and 405 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 361 full-time and 139 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 304 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 88 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	500	361	139
Men Students	95	66	29
Women Students	405	295	110

By race/ethnicity 140 White, 238 Black, and 10 Asian students are attending at Winston-Salem State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	500	95	405
American Indian or Native American	3	0	3
Asian	2	8	238
Black	238	37	201
Hispanic	20	4	16
White	140	29	111
Tow or More Races	18	1	17
Race Unknown	49	11	38

4 students are younger than 22 and 101 students are older than 65. The school has 269 students aged between 22 and 30 and 117 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	500
21 & Under	4
22-24	131
25-29	138
30-34	58
35-39	59
40 & Over	101

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

At WSSU, 304 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 88 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	491
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	304
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	88
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	99

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	304
North Carolina Resident	263
Other State In U.S.	32
Outside of U.S.	9

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