Middle Tennessee State University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Middle Tennessee State University is a four-years, public school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022 the graduate school tuition & fees are $10,818 for Tennessee residents and $27,432 for other students in average.

It offers sixty-seven graduate programs: 42 Master's, 13 Doctorate, 8 Post-Bachelor's, 4 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 722 students have been conferred Master's degree and 88 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Middle Tennessee State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN
Graduate School Students	2,892 students 1,107 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$10,818 Out-of-State$27,432
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 67 Graduate Programs 42 Master's, 4 Doctorate, 12 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 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 $10,818 and $27,432 for non-Tennessee residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $522 for Tennessee residents and $1,445 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 14, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$9,396	$26,010
Fees	$1,422	$1,422
Cost per Credit	$522	$1,445
Books & Supplies	$1,260
Room & Board	$9,576 (On-Campus) / $9,576 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,486 (On-Campus) / $4,486 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$26,140	$42,754
Off-Campus Total	$26,140	$42,754

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$9,594	$9,864	$10,350	$10,350	$10,818
Out-of-State	$24,192	$24,876	$26,172	$26,172	$27,432

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 67 major areas - 41 Master's (7 online programs), 9 Doctorate , 7 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 3 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	722	88	10	61
Men	286	49	2	11
Women	436	39	8	50

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.

Agriculture

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

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	-	-	-
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communications Technologies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	50	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Science	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	61^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$41,500	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23
Salary After Completing	$49,100	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8
Salary After Completing	$38,200	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Teacher Education	4	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	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial Technology/Technician	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	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	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
General Studies	25^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	14^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	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	82	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$58,500	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computational Mathematics	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Museology/Museum Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,200	-	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	27	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	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$37,200	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Economics	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Sociology	4	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Transportation And Materials Moving

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Health	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	64^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$81,000	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$61,800	-	-
Accounting	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$56,600	-	-
Finance	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 22,080 students enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,892 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,083 male and 1,809 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 913 full-time and 1,979 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 1,107 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 533 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,892
Men Students	1,083
Women Students	1,809

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,892
Full-time Students	913
Part-time Students	1,979

By race/ethnicity 2,015 White, 392 Black, and 131 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	2,892
American Indian / Native American	6
Asian	131
Black	392
Hispanic	128
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	3
White	2,015
Two or more races	68
Un-Known	15

29 students are younger than 22 and 630 students are older than 65. The school has 1,471 students aged between 22 and 30 and 762 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,892
21 & Under	29
22-24	635
25-29	836
30-34	462
35-39	300
40 & Over	630

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, 1,107 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 533 students are enrolled in some online courses.