Graduate Programs | Charleston Southern University

Graduate Program Overview

Charleston Southern University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Charleston, South Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $5,085. It offers twenty-nine (29) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Charleston Southern University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	9200 University Blvd, Charleston, SC
Graduate School Students	630 students 313 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	$5,085
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 29 Graduate Programs 27 Master's, 1 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Charleston Southern University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $5,085 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $565.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$5,085
Cost per Credit	$565
Room & Board	$11,032 (On-Campus) / $8,670 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,460 (On-Campus) / $4,900 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$20,577
Off-Campus Total	$18,655

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Tuition & Fees	$7,540	$7,540	$7,500	$7,800	$5,085

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Charleston Southern University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 29 major areas - 27 Master's (13 online programs), 1 Doctorate , 1 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	183	-	-	-
Men	66	-	-	-
Women	117	-	-	-

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
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	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counseling Psychology	3	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/Law Enforcement Administration	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	1^ONLINE	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	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	32^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$58,700	-	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Project Management	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Leadership	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$47,900	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,350 students enrolled in Charleston Southern University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 630 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 232 male and 398 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 163 full-time and 467 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 313 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 41 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	630
Men Students	232
Women Students	398

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	630
Full-time Students	163
Part-time Students	467

By race/ethnicity 369 White, 150 Black, and 15 Asian students are attending at Charleston Southern University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	630
Asian	15
Black	150
Hispanic	15
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	369
Two or more races	14
Un-Known	46

7 students are younger than 22 and 159 students are older than 65. The school has 294 students aged between 22 and 30 and 156 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	630
21 & Under	7
22-24	140
25-29	154
30-34	69
35-39	87
40 & Over	159

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Charleston Southern University, 313 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 41 students are enrolled in some online courses.