Graduate Programs | University of Louisiana at Monroe

Graduate Program Overview

University of Louisiana at Monroe is a four-years, public school located in Monroe, Louisiana. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,777 for Louisiana residents and $21,877 for out-of-state students. It offers fifty-three (53) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Louisiana at Monroe
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA
Graduate School Students	1,959 students 1,133 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$9,777 Out-of-State$21,877
Student to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 53 Graduate Programs 24 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 22 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at University of Louisiana at Monroe with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Louisiana residents, the tuition & fees are $9,777 and $21,877 for non-Louisiana residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $406 for Louisiana residents and $742 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,490	$18,590
Fees	$3,287	$3,287
Cost per Credit	$406	$742
Books & Supplies	$1,300
Room & Board	$9,390 (On-Campus) / $9,932 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,690 (On-Campus) / $5,190 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,157	$37,257
Off-Campus Total	$26,199	$38,299

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$8,984	$9,068	$9,239	$9,310	$9,777
Out-of-State	$21,084	$21,168	$21,339	$21,410	$21,877

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Louisiana at Monroe offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 53 major areas - 24 Master's (10 online programs), 7 Doctorate (2 online programs), 18 Post-Bachelor'(6 online programs), 4 Post-Master'(1 online programs). 393 students have been conferred Master's degree and 114 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's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	393	114	18	-
Men	96	49	4	-
Women	297	65	14	-

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.

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Programming/Programmer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	27^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	23^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$50,700	-	-
Special Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	18^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	9	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education (other)	23^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	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	5	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	25^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	26	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/Safety Studies	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	39^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Transportation and Materials Moving

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Air Transportation (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		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	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	15		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pharmacy	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	32		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	46^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 8,888 students enrolled in University of Louisiana at Monroe including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,959 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 460 male and 1,499 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,037 full-time and 922 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 1,133 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 325 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,959
Men Students	460
Women Students	1,499

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,959
Full-time Students	1,037
Part-time Students	922

By race/ethnicity 1,239 White, 418 Black, and 44 Asian students are attending at University of Louisiana at Monroe. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,959
American Indian / Native American	12
Asian	44
Black	418
Hispanic	50
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	1,239
Two or more races	55
Un-Known	69

94 students are younger than 22 and 409 students are older than 65. The school has 975 students aged between 22 and 30 and 481 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,959
21 & Under	94
22-24	589
25-29	386
30-34	271
35-39	210
40 & Over	409

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 Louisiana at Monroe, 1,133 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 325 students are enrolled in some online courses.