2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at SUNY at Albany with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New York residents, the tuition & fees are $13,625 and $25,875 for non-New York residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $471 for New York residents and $980 for out-of-state students.
Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)
2024 COATuition Trends
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$11,310$23,560
Fees$2,315$2,315
Cost per Credit$471$980
Books & Supplies$1,000
Room & Board$16,182 (On-Campus) / $18,444 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,200 (On-Campus) / $2,700 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$33,007$45,257
Off-Campus Total$35,769$48,019
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$13,403$13,435$13,535$13,625$13,625
Out-of-State$25,193$25,225$25,325$25,415$25,875

Graduate Program Overview

SUNY at Albany is a four-years, public school located in Albany, New York. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $13,625 for New York residents and $25,875 for out-of-state students.
It offers 201 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameSUNY at Albany
TypeFour-years, Public
Address1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
Graduate School Students4,421 students
1,086 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$13,625
Out-of-State$25,875
Student to Faculty17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 201 Graduate Programs
98 Master's, 50 Doctorate, 53 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

SUNY at Albany offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 201 major areas - 98 Master's , 50 Doctorate , 11 Post-Bachelor', 42 Post-Master'. 1,252 students have been conferred Master's degree and 168 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'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total1,25216832153
Men40576746
Women8479225107
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.
History
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public/Applied HistoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
History6 - NOT OFFERED -
Business
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Taxation27 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Organizational Behavior StudiesNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Business/Management- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Related Services (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting87 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science/Technology ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3
Business Administration and Management88 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business/Commerce- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Health (other)- NOT OFFERED - -
Behavioral Aspects of HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3
International Public Health/International HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8
Maternal and Child HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 15 NOT OFFERED
Environmental Health- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Health Education and PromotionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12
Public Health88 - NOT OFFERED 35
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor29 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Fine/Studio Arts13 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Urban Studies/AffairsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Sociology4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geographic Information Science and Cartography4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7
Geography3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Economics (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics17 - NOT OFFERED 1
Economics- - NOT OFFERED -
Demography and Population StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Anthropology5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Services
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work140 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Policy AnalysisNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Public Policy Analysis- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6
Public Administration68 - - 7
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Forensic Science and Technology8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7
Educational Psychology17 - NOT OFFERED -
School PsychologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED 14
Industrial and Organizational Psychology4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Counseling Psychology1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Clinical PsychologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social PsychologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physiological Psychology/PsychobiologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cognitive Psychology and PsycholinguisticsNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Materials Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemistry5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology9 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Statistics (other)NOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Applied Mathematics43 NOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED
Mathematics7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Epidemiology3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biostatistics5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental Toxicology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biology/Biological Sciences6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Library Science
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Library and Information Science- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American Literature (United StatesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Rhetoric and Composition- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
English Language and Literature10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Work and Family Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Italian Language and Literature- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
French Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Russian Language and Literature- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Engineering
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Computer Engineering3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor5 NOT OFFERED - -
Earth Science Teacher Education1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist31 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
French Language Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemistry Teacher Education1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biology Teacher Education5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4 NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher Education15 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education51 - NOT OFFERED 4
Mathematics Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Online Educator/Online TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Educational/Instructional Technology98 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Superintendency and Educational System AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4
Elementary and Middle School Administration/PrincipalshipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
Community College EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5 NOT OFFERED
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration17 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum SupervisionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Educational Leadership and Administration12 - NOT OFFERED -
Curriculum and Instruction- - NOT OFFERED 1
Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance29 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16
Computer Science23 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies51 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Communication and Journalism
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric29 - 3 NOT OFFERED
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Women's Studies6 NOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED
African-American/Black Studies6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Latin American and Caribbean Studies2 NOT OFFERED - 1
Latin American Studies- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Architecture
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Services
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration- - - -
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 13
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies46 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Foreign Language Teacher Education- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching20 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED -
International and Comparative Education4 NOT OFFERED 5 NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 17,075 students enrolled in SUNY at Albany including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.
In graduate school, 4,421 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,548 male and 2,873 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 2,168 full-time and 2,253 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 1,086 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 892 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total4,421
Men Students1,548
Women Students2,873
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total4,421
Full-time Students2,168
Part-time Students2,253
By race/ethnicity 2,452 White, 355 Black, and 250 Asian students are attending at SUNY at Albany. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total4,421
American Indian /
Native American
4
Asian250
Black355
Hispanic388
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
2
White2,452
Two or more races114
Un-Known167
224 students are younger than 22 and 621 students are older than 65. The school has 2,535 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,014 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total4,421
21 & Under224
22-241,382
25-291,153
30-34614
35-39400
40 & Over621
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At SUNY at Albany, 1,086 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 892 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment4,394
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,086
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses892
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses2,416
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,086
New York Resident977
Other State In U.S.90
Outside of U.S.19

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