Graduate Programs | Golden Gate University

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Golden Gate University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $17,070 for prospective students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $936.

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
	Amounts
Tuition	$16,815
Fees	$255
Cost per Credit	$936
Books & Supplies	$1,920
Room & Board	$13,200 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,400 (Off-Campus)
Off-Campus Total	$36,590

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$19,705	$19,705	$19,875	$19,875	$17,070

Graduate Program Overview

Golden Gate University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in San Francisco, 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 $17,070.

It offers fifty-three (53) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Golden Gate University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Graduate School Students	1,734 students 661 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$17,070
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 53 Graduate Programs 28 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 21 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Golden Gate University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 53 major areas - 28 Master's (20 online programs), 4 Doctorate , 19 Post-Bachelor'(18 online programs), 2 Post-Master'. 498 students have been conferred Master's degree and 130 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	498	130	90	-
Men	259	56	48	-
Women	239	74	42	-

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.

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations/Image Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Applied Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-^ONLINE	-	4	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	-	NOT OFFERED	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Finance	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Financial Planning and Services	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Investments and Securities	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Business Statistics	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Taxation	-	NOT OFFERED	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Law and Legal Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Tax Law/Taxation	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Intellectual Property Law	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counseling Psychology	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Psychology (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	31^ONLINE	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Economics	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Fine and Studio Arts Management	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	91^ONLINE	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	13	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	35^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	37^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Finance	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Financial Planning and Services	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	71	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Statistics	34^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Taxation	90	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Telecommunications Management	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Tax Law/Taxation	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
International Law and Legal Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-^ONLINE	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

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

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,425 students enrolled in Golden Gate University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 1,734 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 850 male and 884 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 757 full-time and 977 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 661 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 478 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,734
Men Students	850
Women Students	884

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,734
Full-time Students	757
Part-time Students	977

By race/ethnicity 558 White, 167 Black, and 329 Asian students are attending at Golden Gate University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,734
American Indian / Native American	19
Asian	329
Black	167
Hispanic	280
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	23
White	558
Two or more races	17
Un-Known	246

7 students are younger than 22 and 614 students are older than 65. The school has 597 students aged between 22 and 30 and 717 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,734
21 & Under	7
22-24	140
25-29	457
30-34	373
35-39	344
40 & Over	614

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Golden Gate University, 661 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 478 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,060
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	661
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	478
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	921

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	661
California Resident	128
Other State In U.S.	56
Outside of U.S.	476

Graduate School Tuition at Golden Gate University