Graduate Programs | Jacksonville State University

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Jacksonville State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Alabama residents, the tuition & fees are $11,304 and $17,640 for non-Alabama residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $428 for Alabama residents and $699 for out-of-state students.

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	$10,128	$16,464
Fees	$1,176	$1,176
Cost per Credit	$428	$699
Books & Supplies	$998
Room & Board	$8,894 (On-Campus) / $10,728 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,506 (On-Campus) / $3,530 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$23,702	$30,038
Off-Campus Total	$26,560	$32,896

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$10,600	$10,600	$10,600	$10,840	$11,304
Out-of-State	$20,200	$20,200	$20,200	$20,680	$17,640

Graduate Program Overview

Jacksonville State University is a four-years, public school located in Jacksonville, Alabama. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $11,304 for Alabama residents and $17,640 for out-of-state students.

It offers thirty-eight (38) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Jacksonville State University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, AL
Graduate School Students	1,473 students 870 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$11,304 Out-of-State$17,640
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 38 Graduate Programs 30 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Jacksonville State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 38 major areas - 30 Master's (14 online programs), 2 Doctorate (2 online programs), 3 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs), 3 Post-Master'(2 online programs). 492 students have been conferred Master's degree and 43 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	492	43	8	57
Men	143	12	5	18
Women	349	31	3	39

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.

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	-	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	5^ONLINE	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
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Educational/Instructional Technology	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	18^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Elementary Education and Teaching	36	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	-	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
English Language and Literature	12	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
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	6	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
Biology/Biological Sciences	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Behavior Analysis	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	54^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	5	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
Design and Visual Communications	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	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
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	28^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	41^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	41
Educational Leadership and Administration	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13^ONLINE

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	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
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 9,540 students enrolled in Jacksonville State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 1,473 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 474 male and 999 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 456 full-time and 1,017 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 870 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 295 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,473
Men Students	474
Women Students	999

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,473
Full-time Students	456
Part-time Students	1,017

By race/ethnicity 1,008 White, 325 Black, and 9 Asian students are attending at Jacksonville State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,473
American Indian / Native American	7
Asian	9
Black	325
Hispanic	7
White	1,008
Un-Known	73

12 students are younger than 22 and 346 students are older than 65. The school has 642 students aged between 22 and 30 and 322 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,473
21 & Under	12
22-24	328
25-29	314
30-34	175
35-39	147
40 & Over	346

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Jacksonville State University, 870 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 295 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,322
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	870
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	295
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	157

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	870
Alabama Resident	795
Other State In U.S.	75
Outside of U.S.	0

Graduate School Tuition at Jacksonville State University