Graduate Programs | University of Mississippi

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Mississippi with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Mississippi residents, the tuition & fees are $9,412 and $26,980 for non-Mississippi residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $515 for Mississippi residents and $1,491 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$9,252	$26,820
Fees	$160	$160
Cost per Credit	$515	$1,491
Books & Supplies	$1,200
Room & Board	$12,040 (On-Campus) / $12,400 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$6,300 (On-Campus) / $6,300 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$28,952	$46,520
Off-Campus Total	$29,312	$46,880

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$8,828	$8,828	$9,048	$9,208	$9,412
Out-of-State	$25,099	$25,099	$25,892	$26,430	$26,980

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,412 for Mississippi residents and $26,980 for out-of-state students.

It offers 125 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Mississippi
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	Oxford, Mississippi, University, MS
Graduate School Students	5,111 students 760 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$9,412 Out-of-State$26,980
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 125 Graduate Programs 58 Master's, 44 Doctorate, 23 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Mississippi offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 125 major areas - 58 Master's (9 online programs), 44 Doctorate (3 online programs), 15 Post-Bachelor'(5 online programs), 8 Post-Master'(5 online programs). 1,072 students have been conferred Master's degree and 702 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	1,072	702	48	-
Men	387	312	20	-
Women	685	390	28	-

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.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	-^ONLINE
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	-	-	-^ONLINE

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biochemistry	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Data Analytics, General	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1	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
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	-	NOT OFFERED	17	-^ONLINE

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	-^ONLINE	-	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED
Critical Care Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

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
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Journalism	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	51^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	96	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	58	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	31	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	31	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering Science	24	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	-	-	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
Spanish Language and Literature	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	3	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biostatistics	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	101	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

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

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Data Analytics, General	16^ONLINE	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 Facilities Management	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	15	NOT OFFERED	-	-^ONLINE
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	44	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	9	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	3	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
Fine/Studio Arts	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	19	-	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
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	60	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	4^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	3^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology/Technician	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Scientist	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Social Work	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutical Sciences	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	-^ONLINE	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	97	-	NOT OFFERED	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	59^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	-
Accounting	68	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting and Related Services (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	2^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	120	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Taxation	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	-^ONLINE
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	-	-	-^ONLINE

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	-	NOT OFFERED	-	-^ONLINE

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

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

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	-

Business

what is Business program?

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

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	-	-	-^ONLINE

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Anatomy	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Microbiology and Immunology	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physiology	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biostatistics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	-	-	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

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Economics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	-	-	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
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutical Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	-^ONLINE	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	-
Accounting	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	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
Dentistry	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medicine	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacy	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 21,203 students enrolled in University of Mississippi including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 5,111 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,999 male and 3,112 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 3,631 full-time and 1,480 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 760 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 839 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	5,111
Men Students	1,999
Women Students	3,112

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	5,111
Full-time Students	3,631
Part-time Students	1,480

By race/ethnicity 3,340 White, 785 Black, and 182 Asian students are attending at University of Mississippi. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	5,111
American Indian / Native American	21
Asian	182
Black	785
Hispanic	171
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	3,340
Two or more races	80
Un-Known	35

48 students are younger than 22 and 550 students are older than 65. The school has 3,536 students aged between 22 and 30 and 864 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	5,111
21 & Under	48
22-24	2,070
25-29	1,466
30-34	534
35-39	330
40 & Over	550

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 Mississippi, 760 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 839 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	4,998
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	760
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	839
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	3,399

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	760
Mississippi Resident	508
Other State In U.S.	246
Outside of U.S.	6

Graduate School Tuition at University of Mississippi