Boise State University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Boise State University is a four-years, public school located in Boise, Idaho. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022 the graduate school tuition & fees are $9,638 for Idaho residents and $26,558 for other students in average.

It offers one hundred seventy-three graduate programs: 69 Master's, 69 Doctorate, 32 Post-Bachelor's, 3 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 1,026 students have been conferred Master's degree and 465 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Boise State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1910 University Dr, Boise, ID
Graduate School Students	3,306 students 1,982 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$9,638 Out-of-State$26,558
Student to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 173 Graduate Programs 69 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 35 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Boise State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Idaho residents, the tuition & fees are $9,638 and $26,558 for non-Idaho residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $470 for Idaho residents and $827 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 14, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,110	$24,030
Fees	$2,528	$2,528
Cost per Credit	$470	$827
Books & Supplies	$1,240
Room & Board	$13,459 (On-Campus) / $10,423 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,336 (On-Campus) / $4,714 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$28,673	$45,593
Off-Campus Total	$26,015	$42,935

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$8,754	$9,194	$9,646	$9,646	$9,638
Out-of-State	$24,070	$25,276	$26,566	$26,566	$26,558

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Boise State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 173 major areas - 57 Master's (8 online programs), 13 Doctorate (2 online programs), 31 Post-Bachelor'(10 online programs), 2 Post-Master'(1 online programs). 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	1,026	465	189	24
Men	363	164	42	11
Women	663	301	147	13

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.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
European Studies/Civilization	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	21			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	11		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14
Salary After Completing	$56,700	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	44^ONLINE	^ONLINE	11^ONLINE	10^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$55,200	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	24		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$35,200	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Art Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	69^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	26	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
History Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Civil Engineering	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Engineering		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Materials Engineering	1			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chinese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Korean Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
French Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Arabic Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Latin Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Creative Writing	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	7	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Zoology/Animal Biology (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Ecology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Dispute Resolution	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geophysics and Seismology	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Organization and Advocacy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Administration	6	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Social Work	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$42,500	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Anthropology (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Economics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Political Science and Government	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Design and Visual Communications	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Performance	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Health (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	19^ONLINE	^ONLINE	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Administration and Management	161	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$70,300	-	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	48	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$53,900	-	-
Human Resources Development	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 24,069 students enrolled in Boise State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,306 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,187 male and 2,119 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,248 full-time and 2,058 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 1,982 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 668 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	3,306
Men Students	1,187
Women Students	2,119

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	3,306
Full-time Students	1,248
Part-time Students	2,058

By race/ethnicity 2,458 White, 83 Black, and 84 Asian students are attending at Boise State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	3,306
American Indian / Native American	7
Asian	84
Black	83
Hispanic	214
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	8
White	2,458
Two or more races	64
Un-Known	227

34 students are younger than 22 and 877 students are older than 65. The school has 1,300 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,095 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	3,306
21 & Under	34
22-24	488
25-29	812
30-34	618
35-39	477
40 & Over	877

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Boise State University, 1,982 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 668 students are enrolled in some online courses.