Fielding Graduate University (Fielding Graduate) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Santa Barbara, CA.
It offers 20 graduate programs - 8 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 3 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $24,689.
Graduate Program Overview
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $24,689. It offers twenty (20) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
| School Name | Fielding Graduate University |
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| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
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| Address | 2020 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Graduate School Students | 937 students
606 students enrolled online exclusively |
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| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | $24,689 |
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| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 20 Graduate Programs
8 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 5 Post graduate certificates |
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2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Fielding Graduate University
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Fielding Graduate University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $24,689 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $780.
2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
| Amounts |
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| Tuition | $24,649 |
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| Fees | $40 |
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| Cost per Credit | $780 |
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Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
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| Tuition & Fees | $17,296 | $18,718 | $19,674 | $22,260 | $24,689 |
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Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major
Fielding Graduate University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 20 major areas - 8 Master's (7 online programs), 7 Doctorate (6 online programs), 3 Post-Bachelor's (2 online programs), 2 Post-Master's (1 online programs). 156 students have been conferred Master's degree and 127 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 |
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| Total | 156 | 127 | 57 | 12 |
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| Men | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 |
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| Women | 131 | 100 | 51 | 9 |
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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.
Graduate Student Population
Fielding Graduate graduate schools have a total of 937 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 184 male and 753 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 762 full-time and 175 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 606 students enrolled through online exclusively and 309 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 456 White, 168 Black, and 38 Asian students are attending at Fielding Graduate University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
It has 92 students aged between 22 and 30 and 271 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 937 |
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| Men | 184 |
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| Women | 753 |
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Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 937 |
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| Full-time Students | 762 |
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| Part-time Students | 175 |
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Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 937 |
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American Indian /
Native American | 20 |
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| Asian | 38 |
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| Black | 168 |
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| Hispanic | 114 |
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Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander | 2 |
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| White | 456 |
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| Two or more races | 63 |
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| Un-Known | 69 |
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Graduate Students Age Distribution
| Total | 937 |
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| 22-24 | 14 |
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| 25-29 | 78 |
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| 30-34 | 134 |
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| 35-39 | 137 |
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| 40 & Over | 552 |
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Online Population
At Fielding Graduate University graduate schools, 606 students enrolled online exclusively and 309 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 915 |
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| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 606 |
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| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 309 |
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| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 0 |
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Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 606 |
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| California Resident | 133 |
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| Other State In U.S. | 433 |
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| Outside of U.S. | 40 |
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