Graduate School Tuition at Southern Oregon University

Southern Oregon University (Southern Oregon) is a four-years, public school located in Ashland, OR. It offers 40 graduate programs - 18 Master's, 22 Post-bachelor's, . The 2023 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $16,461 for Oregon residents and $19,296 for others.

A total of 919 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,204 students at Southern Oregon. Southern Oregon offers online graduate programs and 473 out of 919 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching program has the highest salary ($46,900) after graduation and the Master's Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $45,200 average salary.

You can find Southern Oregon's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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2023 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2022-2023 graduate tuition & fees at Southern Oregon University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Oregon residents, the tuition & fees are $16,461 and $19,296 for non-Oregon residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $528 for Oregon residents and $634 for out-of-state students.

Data source: NCES(National Center for Education Statistics

Updated with 2022-2023 tuition (Last update: Feb. 27, 2023)

2023 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$14,175	$17,010
Fees	$2,286	$2,286
Cost per Credit	$528	$634
Books & Supplies	$999
Room & Board	$15,819 (On-Campus) / $11,958 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$1,500 (On-Campus) / $1,500 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$34,779	$37,614
Off-Campus Total	$30,918	$33,753

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2023)
	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
In-State	$17,355	$19,002	$19,773	$15,734	$16,461
Out-of-State	$21,243	$22,314	$23,445	$18,569	$19,296

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $16,461 for Oregon residents and $19,296 for out-of-state students.

It offers forty (40) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southern Oregon University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR
Graduate School Students	622 students 473 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2022-2023)	In-State$16,461 Out-of-State$19,296
Student to Faculty	23:1 (4.35%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 40 Graduate Programs 18 Master's, 22 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Southern Oregon University offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 40 major areas - 18 Master's , 22 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	252	-	230	-
Men	81	-	57	-
Women	171	-	173	-

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.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American Indian/Native American Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	26	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	118	NOT OFFERED
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Botany/Plant Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29	NOT OFFERED
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Studies	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

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

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	50	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
French Language and Literature	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational and Applied Mathematics	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Computer Science	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	94	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,140 students enrolled in Southern Oregon University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 622 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 215 male and 407 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 207 full-time and 415 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 473 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 271 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	622
Men Students	215
Women Students	407

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	622
Full-time Students	207
Part-time Students	415

By race/ethnicity 368 White, 10 Black, and 16 Asian students are attending at Southern Oregon University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	622
American Indian / Native American	6
Asian	16
Black	10
Hispanic	67
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	3
White	368
Two or more races	41
Un-Known	102

135 students are younger than 22 and 267 students are older than 65. The school has 209 students aged between 22 and 30 and 169 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	622
21 & Under	135
22-24	93
25-29	116
30-34	101
35-39	68
40 & Over	267

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Southern Oregon University, 473 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 271 students are enrolled in some online courses.