University of Akron Main Campus (UAkron) is a four-year, public school located in Akron, OH.

It offers 130 graduate programs - 73 Master's, 23 Doctorate, 32 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $10,125 for in-state and $15,885 for out-of-state students.

A total of 2,172 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 13,332 students at UAkron. UAkron offers online graduate programs and 656 out of 2,172 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

UAkron have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at University of Akron School of Law. In addition, you can find UAkron's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,125 for Ohio residents and $15,885 for out-of-state students. It offers 130 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Akron Main Campus
TypeFour-year, Public
Address302 Buchtel Common, Akron, OH
Graduate School Students2,066 students
656 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)In-State$10,125
Out-of-State$15,885
Student to Faculty17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 130 Graduate Programs
73 Master's, 23 Doctorate, 34 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Akron Main Campus

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at University of Akron Main Campus with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Ohio residents, the tuition & fees are $10,125 and $15,885 for non-Ohio residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $463 for Ohio residents and $783 for out-of-state students.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$8,325$14,085
Fees$1,800$1,800
Cost per Credit$463$783
Books & Supplies$1,200
Room & Board$11,904 (On-Campus) / $11,904 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,596 (On-Campus) / $3,996 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$26,825$32,585
Off-Campus Total$27,225$32,985

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Akron Main Campus offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 130 major areas - 73 Master's, 23 Doctorate, 32 Post-Bachelor's, 2 Post-Master's. 470 students have been conferred Master's degree and 240 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
Total4702406288
Men2011142048
Women2691264240

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.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Women's StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech Communication and Rhetoric NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Communication and Media Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Information Science/Studies10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Curriculum and Instruction2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Leadership and Administration8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational/Instructional Technology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher Education1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher Education2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Teacher Education1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher Education7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Studies Teacher Education2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Drama and Dance Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Polymer/Plastics Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Manufacturing EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (other)2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Advanced Legal Research/Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Writing NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Creative Writing5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 9 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Biomedical SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Exercise Physiology5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Applied Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
GerontologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Business Analytics18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Polymer Chemistry NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and Seismology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Work32 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
National Security Policy Studies9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
SociologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Music NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Theory and Composition1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Conducting NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Keyboard Instruments NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Voice and Opera NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Stringed Instruments1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist NOT OFFER 6 NOT OFFER
Clinical/Medical Social WorkNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling16 NOT OFFER
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor NOT OFFER 9 NOT OFFER
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse NOT OFFER
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Operations Management and SupervisionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)99 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
FinanceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital MarketingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Taxation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
HistoryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public/Applied History9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

UAkron graduate schools have a total of 2,066 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 886 male and 1,180 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 1,222 full-time and 844 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 656 students enrolled through online exclusively and 579 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,347 White, 124 Black, and 59 Asian students are attending at University of Akron Main Campus. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

71 grad students are younger than 22 and 269 students are older than 65. It has 1,354 students aged between 22 and 30 and 478 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total2,066
Men886
Women1,180
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total2,066
Full-time Students1,222
Part-time Students844
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total2,066
Asian59
Black124
Hispanic45
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White1,347
Two or more races40
Un-Known130
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total2,066
21 & Under71
22-24649
25-29705
30-34315
35-39163
40 & Over269

Online Population

At University of Akron Main Campus graduate schools, 656 students enrolled online exclusively and 579 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,172
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses656
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses579
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses937
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses656
Ohio Resident588
Other State In U.S.20
Outside of U.S.2