Graduate Programs | California State University-Channel Islands

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Channel Islands with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $8,251 and $17,755 for non-California residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $396.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,176	$16,680
Fees	$1,075	$1,075
Cost per Credit	$0	$396
Books & Supplies	$906
Room & Board	$14,200 (On-Campus) / $19,970 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,714 (On-Campus) / $6,570 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$27,071	$36,575
Off-Campus Total	$35,697	$45,201

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$8,236	$8,251	$8,251	$8,251	$8,251
Out-of-State	$17,740	$17,755	$17,755	$17,755	$17,755

Graduate Program Overview

California State University-Channel Islands is a four-years, public school located in Camarillo, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,251 for California residents and $17,755 for out-of-state students.

It offers twelve (12) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	California State University-Channel Islands
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	1 University Drive, Camarillo, CA
Graduate School Students	495 students 85 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$8,251 Out-of-State$17,755
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 12 Graduate Programs 6 Master's, 6 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

California State University-Channel Islands offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 12 major areas - 6 Master's , 6 Post-Bachelor'. 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	101	-	1	-
Men	51	-	-	-
Women	50	-	1	-

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.

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	-	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	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
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Digital Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	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
Biotechnology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	9	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 6,966 students enrolled in California State University-Channel Islands including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 495 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 188 male and 307 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 213 full-time and 282 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 85 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 119 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	495
Men Students	188
Women Students	307

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	495
Full-time Students	213
Part-time Students	282

By race/ethnicity 164 White, 7 Black, and 49 Asian students are attending at California State University-Channel Islands. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	495
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	49
Black	7
Hispanic	189
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	164
Two or more races	20
Un-Known	24

1 students are younger than 22 and 63 students are older than 65. The school has 212 students aged between 22 and 30 and 118 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	495
21 & Under	1
22-24	82
25-29	130
30-34	79
35-39	39
40 & Over	63

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At California State University-Channel Islands, 85 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	394
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	85
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	119
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	190

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	85
California Resident	79
Other State In U.S.	2
Outside of U.S.	4

Graduate School Tuition at California State University-Channel Islands