Graduate Programs | Saint Peter's University

Graduate Program Overview

Saint Peter's University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $21,246. It offers forty-two (42) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Saint Peter's University
Type	Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	2641 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ
Graduate School Students	842 students 612 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	$21,246
Student to Faculty	11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 42 Graduate Programs 33 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Saint Peter's University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $21,246 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,177.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$21,186
Fees	$60
Cost per Credit	$1,177
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$16,920 (On-Campus) / $7,500 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$1,300 (On-Campus) / $2,900 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$40,466
Off-Campus Total	$32,646

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Tuition & Fees	$20,130	$20,724	$21,246	$21,246	$21,246

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Saint Peter's University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 42 major areas - 33 Master's (3 online programs), 6 Doctorate (2 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor', 2 Post-Master'. 264 students have been conferred Master's degree and 32 students have received Doctorate degree last year.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	264	32	-	4
Men	80	10	-	2
Women	184	22	-	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.

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$55,500	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	25	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$55,500	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	32	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$64,000	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	8^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$54,900	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computational Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Data Science, General	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business Analytics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	6^ONLINE	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/Safety Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics		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	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Insurance	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$75,900	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$64,000	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$64,000	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,197 students enrolled in Saint Peter's University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 842 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 300 male and 542 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 282 full-time and 560 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 612 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 109 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	842
Men Students	300
Women Students	542

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	842
Full-time Students	282
Part-time Students	560

By race/ethnicity 231 White, 160 Black, and 36 Asian students are attending at Saint Peter's University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	842
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	36
Black	160
Hispanic	175
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	231
Two or more races	2
Un-Known	143

8 students are younger than 22 and 220 students are older than 65. The school has 429 students aged between 22 and 30 and 218 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	842
21 & Under	8
22-24	186
25-29	243
30-34	140
35-39	78
40 & Over	220

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Saint Peter's University, 612 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 109 students are enrolled in some online courses.