Graduate Programs | Missouri Southern State University

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Missouri Southern State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Missouri residents, the tuition & fees are $6,732 and $12,240 for non-Missouri residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $374 for Missouri residents and $680 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	$6,732	$12,240
Cost per Credit	$374	$680
Books & Supplies	$1,020
Room & Board	$7,172 (On-Campus) / $8,141 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,459 (On-Campus) / $7,279 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$18,383	$23,891
Off-Campus Total	$23,172	$28,680

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,732
Out-of-State	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$6,300	$12,240

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,732 for Missouri residents and $12,240 for out-of-state students.

It offers seven (7) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Missouri Southern State University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO
Graduate School Students	107 students 72 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$6,732 Out-of-State$12,240
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 7 Graduate Programs 6 Master's, 1 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Missouri Southern State University offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 7 major areas - 6 Master's (2 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor'. 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	56	-	2	-
Men	19	-	-	-
Women	37	-	2	-

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.

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

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

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	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	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,352 students enrolled in Missouri Southern State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 107 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 35 male and 72 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 28 full-time and 79 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 72 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 8 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	107
Men Students	35
Women Students	72

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	107
Full-time Students	28
Part-time Students	79

By race/ethnicity 87 White, 5 Black, and 1 Asian students are attending at Missouri Southern State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	107
American Indian / Native American	4
Asian	1
Black	5
Hispanic	5
White	87
Two or more races	3
Un-Known	1

2 students are younger than 22 and 20 students are older than 65. The school has 48 students aged between 22 and 30 and 22 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	107
21 & Under	2
22-24	30
25-29	18
30-34	15
35-39	7
40 & Over	20

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Missouri Southern State University, 72 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	92
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	8
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	12

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
Missouri Resident	54
Other State In U.S.	18
Outside of U.S.	0

Graduate School Tuition at Missouri Southern State University