Graduate Programs | University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For North Carolina residents, the tuition & fees are $7,869 and $22,438 for non-North Carolina residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $245 for North Carolina residents and $1,053 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	$4,467	$19,036
Fees	$3,402	$3,402
Cost per Credit	$245	$1,053
Books & Supplies	$950
Room & Board	$13,864 (On-Campus) / $13,864 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,644 (On-Campus) / $2,644 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,327	$39,896
Off-Campus Total	$25,327	$39,896

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,430	$7,621	$7,713	$7,739	$7,869
Out-of-State	$20,864	$21,055	$21,147	$21,884	$22,438

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,869 for North Carolina residents and $22,438 for out-of-state students.

It offers 136 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC
Graduate School Students	6,332 students 1,853 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$7,869 Out-of-State$22,438
Student to Faculty	20:1 (5.00%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 136 Graduate Programs 63 Master's, 23 Doctorate, 50 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 136 major areas - 63 Master's (17 online programs), 23 Doctorate (2 online programs), 45 Post-Bachelor'(13 online programs), 5 Post-Master'(2 online programs). 1,770 students have been conferred Master's degree and 178 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	1,770	178	637	62
Men	732	81	142	8
Women	1,038	97	495	54

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.

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
African-American/Black Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	-	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	-	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Urban Education and Leadership	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	39^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional Technology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED	-	6	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	14^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	7	-^ONLINE
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	338	-^ONLINE
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	2	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Language Interpretation and Translation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	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	6	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biomedical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED
Bioinformatics	-	-	6	NOT OFFERED
Biotechnology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	-	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

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

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Criminology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	-	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	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
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	23	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	3	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	47	NOT OFFERED
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	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
Latin American Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	41	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	191	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	45	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	55^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	59	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-
Urban Education and Leadership	33^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional Technology	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	25^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	66	-	-	-^ONLINE
Elementary Education and Teaching	22^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	84^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	-^ONLINE
Reading Teacher Education	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	17	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	18	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	28	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Construction Engineering	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	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	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	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	25	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	7	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	9	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioinformatics	15	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Financial Mathematics	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

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

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Ethics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Optics/Optical Sciences	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	7	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	5	NOT OFFERED	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/Safety Studies	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	29	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	96^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	21	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Geography	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	9	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
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	30	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	26	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	88^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	175^ONLINE	-	-	-
Accounting	41	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	44	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	85	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Real Estate	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	27
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	-	17^ONLINE
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	16^ONLINE

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	2

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	-	-^ONLINE

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Civil Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	-	-	-	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
Bioinformatics	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

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

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

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

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Optics/Optical Sciences	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography	-	-	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
Public Health	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-^ONLINE	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 30,448 students enrolled in University of North Carolina at Charlotte including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 6,332 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 2,493 male and 3,839 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 2,749 full-time and 3,583 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,853 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 1,616 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	6,332
Men Students	2,493
Women Students	3,839

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	6,332
Full-time Students	2,749
Part-time Students	3,583

By race/ethnicity 3,146 White, 1,026 Black, and 264 Asian students are attending at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	6,332
American Indian / Native American	13
Asian	264
Black	1,026
Hispanic	387
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	4
White	3,146
Two or more races	163
Un-Known	107

204 students are younger than 22 and 1,071 students are older than 65. The school has 3,399 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,416 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	6,332
21 & Under	204
22-24	1,737
25-29	1,662
30-34	846
35-39	570
40 & Over	1,071

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 North Carolina at Charlotte, 1,853 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,616 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	6,090
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,853
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	1,616
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	2,621

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,853
North Carolina Resident	1,676
Other State In U.S.	106
Outside of U.S.	71

Graduate School Tuition at University of North Carolina at Charlotte