University of Central Arkansas Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Overview

University of Central Arkansas is a four-years, public school located in Conway, Arkansas. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022 the graduate school tuition & fees are $6,773 for Arkansas residents and $11,835 for other students in average.

It offers fifty-seven graduate programs: 35 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 8 Post-Bachelor's, 6 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 499 students have been conferred Master's degree and 75 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Central Arkansas
Type	four-years, public
Address	201 Donaghey Ave, Conway, AR
Graduate School Students	1,720 students 833 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$6,773 Out-of-State$11,835
Student to Faculty	15:1 (6.67%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 57 Graduate Programs 35 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 14 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at University of Central Arkansas with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Arkansas residents, the tuition & fees are $6,773 and $11,835 for non-Arkansas residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $282 for Arkansas residents and $563 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 14, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,063	$10,125
Fees	$1,710	$1,710
Cost per Credit	$282	$563
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$7,896 (On-Campus) / $7,810 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,992 (On-Campus) / $6,646 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$20,861	$25,923
Off-Campus Total	$22,429	$27,491

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$6,094	$6,238	$6,539	$6,629	$6,773
Out-of-State	$10,901	$11,045	$11,558	$11,648	$11,835

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

University of Central Arkansas offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 57 major areas - 34 Master's (8 online programs), 6 Doctorate (1 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor'(3 online programs), 5 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	499	75	26	46
Men	131	29	4	10
Women	368	46	22	36

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.

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Learning Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,500	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	45	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Spanish Language and Literature	1	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$40,200	-	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	12^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	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Creative Writing	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Library Science

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library Science (other)	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$48,100	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Applied Mathematics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Organization and Advocacy	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Performance	12	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	47	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	39^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$87,600	-	-
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	70^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	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	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,335 students enrolled in University of Central Arkansas including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,720 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 471 male and 1,249 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 726 full-time and 994 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 833 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 377 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,720
Men Students	471
Women Students	1,249

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,720
Full-time Students	726
Part-time Students	994

By race/ethnicity 1,346 White, 154 Black, and 33 Asian students are attending at University of Central Arkansas. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,720
American Indian / Native American	9
Asian	33
Black	154
Hispanic	57
White	1,346
Two or more races	38
Un-Known	16

62 students are younger than 22 and 249 students are older than 65. The school has 1,077 students aged between 22 and 30 and 332 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,720
21 & Under	62
22-24	658
25-29	419
30-34	197
35-39	135
40 & Over	249

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Central Arkansas, 833 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 377 students are enrolled in some online courses.