Graduate School Tuition at Biola University

Biola University (Biola) is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in La Mirada, CA. It offers 40 graduate programs - 25 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 6 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2023 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $12,006 for all graduate students.

A total of 1,888 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,387 students at Biola. Biola offers online graduate programs and 687 out of 1,888 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Doctorate Clinical Psychology program has the highest salary ($57,300) after graduation and the Master's Philosophy and Religious Studies (other) program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $48,900 average salary.

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

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2023 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2022-2023 graduate tuition & fees at Biola University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $12,006 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $667.

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	$12,006
Cost per Credit	$667
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$10,522 (On-Campus) / $10,522 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,792 (On-Campus) / $3,792 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,520
Off-Campus Total	$27,520

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Tuition & Fees	$11,178	$11,394	$11,772	$12,006	$12,006

Graduate Program Overview

Biola University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in La Mirada, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $12,006.

It offers forty (40) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Biola University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	13800 Biola Ave, La Mirada, CA
Graduate School Students	2,132 students 687 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2022-2023)	$12,006
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 40 Graduate Programs 25 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 8 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Biola University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 40 major areas - 25 Master's (3 online programs), 7 Doctorate , 6 Post-Bachelor', 2 Post-Master'. 427 students have been conferred Master's degree and 66 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	427	66	68	-
Men	225	36	13	-
Women	202	30	55	-

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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	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
Language Interpretation and Translation	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bible/Biblical Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	9	-
Theology/Theological Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)	-	-	3	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
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	56	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations/Image Management	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	45	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Curriculum and Instruction	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	19	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
Language Interpretation and Translation	2	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Applied Linguistics	-	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
Family and Community Services	1	NOT OFFERED	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	20	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies (other)	66	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
Bible/Biblical Studies	34	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Religious Education	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology/Theological Studies	39	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)	25	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology	22	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	1	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
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	13	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
Bible/Biblical Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multicultural Education	NOT OFFERED	-	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

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religious Education	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology	-	-	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

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,815 students enrolled in Biola University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 2,132 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,167 male and 965 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 834 full-time and 1,298 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 687 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 449 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,132
Men Students	1,167
Women Students	965

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,132
Full-time Students	834
Part-time Students	1,298

By race/ethnicity 832 White, 72 Black, and 442 Asian students are attending at Biola University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,132
American Indian / Native American	6
Asian	442
Black	72
Hispanic	234
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	8
White	832
Two or more races	59
Un-Known	129

22 students are younger than 22 and 685 students are older than 65. The school has 758 students aged between 22 and 30 and 490 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,132
21 & Under	22
22-24	281
25-29	477
30-34	259
35-39	231
40 & Over	685

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Biola University, 687 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 449 students are enrolled in some online courses.