Graduate Programs | Mississippi Valley State University

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Mississippi Valley State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Mississippi residents, the tuition & fees are $8,066 and $8,285 for non-Mississippi residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $459.

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	$0	$8,265
Fees	$0	$20
Cost per Credit	$0	$459
Books & Supplies	$2,000
Room & Board	$8,112 (On-Campus) / $8,956 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,130 (On-Campus) / $5,695 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$13,242	$21,527
Off-Campus Total	$16,651	$24,936

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,580	$7,364	$7,902	$8,066	-
Out-of-State	$7,580	$7,364	$7,902	$8,066	$8,285

Graduate Program Overview

Mississippi Valley State University is a four-years, public school located in Itta Bena, Mississippi. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,066 for Mississippi residents and $8,285 for out-of-state students.

It offers eleven (11) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Mississippi Valley State University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	14000 Highway 82 West, Itta Bena, MS
Graduate School Students	350 students 111 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$8,066 Out-of-State$8,285
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 11 Graduate Programs 11 Master's

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Mississippi Valley State University offers Masters graduate degree/certificate programs through 11 major areas - 11 Master's (3 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	99	-	-	-
Men	30	-	-	-
Women	69	-	-	-

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	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Special Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	19	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
Bioinformatics	7	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	14	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/Law Enforcement Administration	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	2	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
Environmental Health	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	30^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,064 students enrolled in Mississippi Valley State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 350 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 114 male and 236 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 117 full-time and 233 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 111 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 65 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	350
Men Students	114
Women Students	236

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	350
Full-time Students	117
Part-time Students	233

By race/ethnicity 13 White, 331 Black, and 4 Asian students are attending at Mississippi Valley State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	350
American Indian / Native American	1
Asian	4
Black	331
Hispanic	1
White	13

1 students are younger than 22 and 63 students are older than 65. The school has 116 students aged between 22 and 30 and 45 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	350
21 & Under	1
22-24	54
25-29	62
30-34	25
35-39	20
40 & Over	63

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Mississippi Valley State University, 111 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 65 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	225
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	111
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	65
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	49

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	111
Mississippi Resident	86
Other State In U.S.	25
Outside of U.S.	0

Graduate School Tuition at Mississippi Valley State University