Graduate School Tuition at Benedictine University

Benedictine University (Benedictine) is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Lisle, IL. It offers 42 graduate programs - 25 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 15 Post-bachelor's. The 2023 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $20,239 for all graduate students.

A total of 1,193 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,378 students at Benedictine. Benedictine offers online graduate programs and 1,022 out of 1,193 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($80,900) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $70,100 average salary.

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2023 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2022-2023 graduate tuition & fees at Benedictine University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $20,239 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $733.

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics

Updated with 2022-2023 tuition (Last update: Feb. 27, 2023)

2023 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$19,181
Fees	$1,058
Cost per Credit	$733
Books & Supplies	$1,540
Room & Board	$10,266 (On-Campus) / $12,018 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,236 (On-Campus) / $4,586 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$35,281
Off-Campus Total	$38,383

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Tuition & Fees	$18,986	$19,409	$19,709	$19,640	$20,239

Graduate Program Overview

Benedictine University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Lisle, Illinois. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $20,239.

It offers forty-two (42) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Benedictine University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL
Graduate School Students	1,480 students 1,022 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2022-2023)	$20,239
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 42 Graduate Programs 25 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 15 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Benedictine University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 42 major areas - 25 Master's , 2 Doctorate , 15 Post-Bachelor'. 887 students have been conferred Master's degree and 29 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	887	29	326	-
Men	228	16	47	-
Women	659	13	279	-

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.

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

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Epidemiology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	125	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
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	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
Public Health Education and Promotion	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	39	NOT OFFERED
Public Health (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	146	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Related Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Marketing (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Curriculum and Instruction	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Linguistics	27	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	19	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physiology	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Exercise Physiology	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)	-	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
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	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
Public Health	321	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	138	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	214	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	6	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Finance	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior Studies	58	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	13	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Taxation	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,779 students enrolled in Benedictine University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 1,480 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 419 male and 1,061 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 342 full-time and 1,138 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,022 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 95 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,480
Men Students	419
Women Students	1,061

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,480
Full-time Students	342
Part-time Students	1,138

By race/ethnicity 533 White, 139 Black, and 139 Asian students are attending at Benedictine University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,480
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	139
Black	139
Hispanic	78
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	533
Two or more races	18
Un-Known	553

4 students are younger than 22 and 297 students are older than 65. The school has 512 students aged between 22 and 30 and 378 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,480
21 & Under	4
22-24	153
25-29	359
30-34	208
35-39	170
40 & Over	297

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Benedictine University, 1,022 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 95 students are enrolled in some online courses.