Graduate Programs | Southeast Missouri State University

Graduate Program Overview

Southeast Missouri State University is a four-years, public school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,611 for Missouri residents and $11,593 for out-of-state students. It offers fifty (50) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southeast Missouri State University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	One University Plaza, MS2025, Cape Girardeau, MO
Graduate School Students	1,072 students 473 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$6,611 Out-of-State$11,593
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 50 Graduate Programs 41 Master's, 9 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Southeast Missouri 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 $6,611 and $11,593 for non-Missouri residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $325 for Missouri residents and $603 for out-of-state students.

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

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,858	$10,840
Fees	$753	$753
Cost per Credit	$325	$603
Books & Supplies	$644
Room & Board	$9,974 (On-Campus) / $9,974 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,941 (On-Campus) / $4,941 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$22,170	$27,152
Off-Campus Total	$22,170	$27,152

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$7,290	$5,680	$5,959	$6,126	$6,611
Out-of-State	$12,906	$9,991	$10,513	$10,792	$11,593

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Southeast Missouri State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 50 major areas - 41 Master's (18 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 2 Post-Master'(1 online programs). 446 students have been conferred Master's degree and 16 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	446	16	13	36
Men	158	1	-	12
Women	288	15	13	24

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/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services		NOT OFFERED	4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Facilities Planning and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	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	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

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

Natural Resources And Conservation

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	64^ONLINE	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	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$38,900	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	35^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	17	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	28^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	23^ONLINE	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		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	18^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/Law Enforcement Administration	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	17^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	35^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Leadership	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	2	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	32^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$38,900	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services		NOT OFFERED		4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,001 students enrolled in Southeast Missouri State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,072 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 353 male and 719 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 426 full-time and 646 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 473 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 324 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,072
Men Students	353
Women Students	719

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,072
Full-time Students	426
Part-time Students	646

By race/ethnicity 741 White, 44 Black, and 21 Asian students are attending at Southeast Missouri State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,072
Asian	21
Black	44
Hispanic	22
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	741
Two or more races	11
Un-Known	33

20 students are younger than 22 and 171 students are older than 65. The school has 623 students aged between 22 and 30 and 258 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,072
21 & Under	20
22-24	331
25-29	292
30-34	150
35-39	108
40 & Over	171

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Southeast Missouri State University, 473 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 324 students are enrolled in some online courses.