Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Middle Tennessee State University is a Public, 4 or more years school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2020-2021 the graduate school tuition & fees are $10,350 for Tennessee residents and $26,172 for other students in average.

It offers fifty-nine graduate programs: 40 Master's, 10 Doctorate, 6 Post-Bachelor's, 3 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 752 students have been conferred Master's degree and 53 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Middle Tennessee State University
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN
Graduate School Students	2,379 students 619 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	In-State$10,350 Out-of-State$26,172
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 59 Graduate Programs 40 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

2021 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 graduate tuition & fees at Middle Tennessee State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Tennessee residents, the tuition & fees are $10,350 and $26,172 for non-Tennessee residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $497 for Tennessee residents and $1,376 for out-of-state students.

2021 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$8,946	$24,768
Fees	$1,404	$1,404
Cost per Credit	$497	$1,376
Books & Supplies	$1,260
Room & Board	$9,286 (On-Campus) / $9,286 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,398 (On-Campus) / $4,398 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,294	$41,116
Off-Campus Total	$25,294	$41,116

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
In-State	$9,234	$9,594	$9,864	$10,350	$10,350
Out-of-State	$23,346	$24,192	$24,876	$26,172	$26,172

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Middle Tennessee State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 59 major areas - 40 Master's (7 online programs), 9 Doctorate , 6 Post-Bachelor', 2 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	752	53	6	59
Men	299	20	1	16
Women	453	33	5	43

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.

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	17		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	38	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	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,200	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Economics	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Sociology	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Transportation And Materials Moving

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	43^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$81,000	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	78	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$61,800	-	-
Accounting	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$56,600	-	-
Finance	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$41,500	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	36
Salary After Completing	$49,100	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education (other)	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
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

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

Mathematics And Statistics

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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,200	-	-

Social Sciences

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

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public/Applied History	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	3	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)		NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Museology/Museum Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Agriculture

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communications Technologies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	59	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Science	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	91^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$41,500	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	66	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,100	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$38,200	-	-

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial Technology/Technician	8	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	8		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
General Studies	25^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	14		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$58,500	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	8		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,200	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 21,631 students enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,379 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 886 male and 1,493 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 720 full-time and 1,659 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 619 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 318 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,379
Men Students	886
Women Students	1,493

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,379
Full-time Students	720
Part-time Students	1,659

By race/ethnicity 1,700 White, 269 Black, and 84 Asian students are attending at Middle Tennessee State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,379
American Indian / Native American	4
Asian	84
Black	269
Hispanic	82
White	1,700
Two or more races	37
Un-Known	1

19 students are younger than 22 and 464 students are older than 65. The school has 1,260 students aged between 22 and 30 and 636 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,379
21 & Under	19
22-24	495
25-29	765
30-34	391
35-39	245
40 & Over	464

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Middle Tennessee State University, 619 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 318 students are enrolled in some online courses.