Sacred Heart University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Sacred Heart University is a Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years school located in Fairfield, Connecticut. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2020-2021 the graduate school tuition & fees are $34,806 in average for all students.

It offers fifty-eight graduate programs: 33 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 14 Post-Bachelor's, 6 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 1,148 students have been conferred Master's degree and 82 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Sacred Heart University
Type	Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more years
Address	5151 Park Ave, Fairfield, CT
Graduate School Students	2,984 students 863 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	$34,806
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 58 Graduate Programs 33 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 20 Post graduate certificates

2021 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 graduate tuition & fees at Sacred Heart University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $34,806 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $700.

2021 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$34,806
Cost per Credit	$700
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$16,492 (On-Campus) / $10,462 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,650 (On-Campus) / $3,150 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$55,148
Off-Campus Total	$49,618

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Tuition & Fees	$20,745	$28,114	$26,524	$30,427	$34,806

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Sacred Heart University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 58 major areas - 33 Master's (4 online programs), 4 Doctorate (1 online programs), 13 Post-Bachelor', 5 Post-Master'. 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	1,148	82	-	78
Men	389	17	-	21
Women	759	65	-	57

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.

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Resources Development	35	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	31	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	46	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Medical Informatics	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	63^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$90,100	-	-
Nursing Administration	153^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	82			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,300	-	-
Accounting	30	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cinematography and Film/Video Production		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Marketing/Marketing Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	64
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,300	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	44	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology (other)	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,200	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,300	-	-
Accounting		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Development		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	163	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	216	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,100	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Exercise Physiology	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Mathematics	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology (other)	66^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,200	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	36	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 8,958 students enrolled in Sacred Heart University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,984 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 764 male and 2,220 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,195 full-time and 1,789 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 863 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 142 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,984
Men Students	764
Women Students	2,220

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,984
Full-time Students	1,195
Part-time Students	1,789

By race/ethnicity 1,927 White, 186 Black, and 101 Asian students are attending at Sacred Heart University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,984
American Indian / Native American	8
Asian	101
Black	186
Hispanic	272
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	1,927
Two or more races	49
Un-Known	255

45 students are younger than 22 and 640 students are older than 65. The school has 1,577 students aged between 22 and 30 and 722 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,984
21 & Under	45
22-24	859
25-29	718
30-34	489
35-39	233
40 & Over	640

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Sacred Heart University, 863 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 142 students are enrolled in some online courses.