Southeast Missouri State University Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

Southeast Missouri State University is a Public, 4 or more years school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2020-2021 the graduate school tuition & fees are $6,126 for Missouri residents and $10,792 for other students in average.

It offers fifty graduate programs: 41 Master's, 6 Post-Bachelor's, 3 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southeast Missouri State University
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	One University Plaza, MS2025, Cape Girardeau, MO
Graduate School Students	1,030 students 456 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	In-State$6,126 Out-of-State$10,792
Student to Faculty	20:1 (5.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 50 Graduate Programs 41 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

2021 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 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 $6,126 and $10,792 for non-Missouri residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $331 for Missouri residents and $584 for out-of-state students.

2021 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,373	$10,039
Fees	$753	$753
Cost per Credit	$331	$584
Books & Supplies	$637
Room & Board	$9,511 (On-Campus) / $9,511 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,816 (On-Campus) / $4,816 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$21,090	$25,756
Off-Campus Total	$21,090	$25,756

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
In-State	$7,408	$7,290	$5,680	$5,959	$6,126
Out-of-State	$12,868	$12,906	$9,991	$10,513	$10,792

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Southeast Missouri State University offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 50 major areas - 39 Master's (13 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor', 2 Post-Master'(1 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	400	-	10	32
Men	157	-	1	9
Women	243	-	9	23

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
Business Administration and Management	42^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nutrition Sciences	13	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	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Behavior Analysis	13^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	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	8^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	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	3	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	8	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$38,900	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	14	NOT OFFERED		7
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	2	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	1	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	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$38,900	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	16^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	24^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	47^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)	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 11,071 students enrolled in Southeast Missouri State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,030 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 343 male and 687 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 381 full-time and 649 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 456 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 189 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,030
Men Students	343
Women Students	687

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,030
Full-time Students	381
Part-time Students	649

By race/ethnicity 757 White, 53 Black, and 12 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	1,030
American Indian / Native American	4
Asian	12
Black	53
Hispanic	14
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	757
Two or more races	4
Un-Known	13

30 students are younger than 22 and 168 students are older than 65. The school has 568 students aged between 22 and 30 and 264 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,030
21 & Under	30
22-24	271
25-29	297
30-34	162
35-39	102
40 & Over	168

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, 456 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 189 students are enrolled in some online courses.