Graduate Programs | Chicago State University

Graduate Program Overview

Chicago State University is a four-years, public school located in Chicago, Illinois. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,728 for Illinois residents and $15,218 for out-of-state students. It offers thirty-nine (39) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Chicago State University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL
Graduate School Students	959 students 115 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$9,728 Out-of-State$15,218
Student to Faculty	10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 39 Graduate Programs 26 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 11 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Chicago State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Illinois residents, the tuition & fees are $9,728 and $15,218 for non-Illinois residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $325 for Illinois residents and $630 for out-of-state students.

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

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,850	$11,340
Fees	$3,878	$3,878
Cost per Credit	$325	$630
Books & Supplies	$1,800
Room & Board	$8,724 (On-Campus) / $8,724 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,451 (On-Campus) / $4,451 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$24,703	$30,193
Off-Campus Total	$24,703	$30,193

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$8,776	$8,957	$8,356	$9,566	$9,728
Out-of-State	$13,978	$14,447	$13,846	$15,056	$15,218

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Chicago State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 39 major areas - 26 Master's (2 online programs), 2 Doctorate , 11 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs). 132 students have been conferred Master's degree and 58 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	132	58	5	-
Men	35	26	-	-
Women	97	32	5	-

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 Science		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Archives/Archival Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology		NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

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

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Knowledge Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	20	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	8	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	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education		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		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Creative Writing		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	5	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	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	14	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$39,200	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography	3	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Development	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Information Resources Management		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

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

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,644 students enrolled in Chicago State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 959 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 294 male and 665 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 498 full-time and 461 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 115 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 192 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	959
Men Students	294
Women Students	665

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	959
Full-time Students	498
Part-time Students	461

By race/ethnicity 106 White, 610 Black, and 58 Asian students are attending at Chicago State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	959
American Indian / Native American	3
Asian	58
Black	610
Hispanic	51
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	106
Two or more races	21
Un-Known	66

2 students are younger than 22 and 292 students are older than 65. The school has 317 students aged between 22 and 30 and 253 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	959
21 & Under	2
22-24	69
25-29	248
30-34	158
35-39	95
40 & Over	292

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Chicago State University, 115 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 192 students are enrolled in some online courses.