Graduate Programs | University of Northern Iowa

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Northern Iowa with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Iowa residents, the tuition & fees are $11,362 and $22,834 for non-Iowa residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $557 for Iowa residents and $1,195 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	$10,030	$21,502
Fees	$1,332	$1,332
Cost per Credit	$557	$1,195
Books & Supplies	$800
Room & Board	$9,648 (On-Campus) / $9,648 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,550 (On-Campus) / $2,500 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$24,360	$35,832
Off-Campus Total	$24,310	$35,782

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$10,432	$10,432	$10,569	$10,991	$11,362
Out-of-State	$22,648	$22,648	$21,201	$22,074	$22,834

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $11,362 for Iowa residents and $22,834 for out-of-state students.

It offers sixty-five (65) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Northern Iowa
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	1227 W 27th St, Cedar Falls, IA
Graduate School Students	1,250 students 465 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$11,362 Out-of-State$22,834
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 65 Graduate Programs 58 Master's, 7 Doctorate

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Northern Iowa offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 65 major areas - 58 Master's (11 online programs), 7 Doctorate (2 online programs). 500 students have been conferred Master's degree and 9 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	500	9	-	-
Men	137	4	-	-
Women	363	5	-	-

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.

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental Science	-	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
Women's Studies	4	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
Mass Communication/Media Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Relations/Image Management	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional Technology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	10^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	14^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art Teacher Education	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Science Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Technology/Technician	7	-	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

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Library Science

what is Library Science program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Library and Information Science	13^ONLINE	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	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Mathematics (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	1	NOT OFFERED	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 Studies	8	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Psychology	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Clinical Psychology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
School Psychology	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Psychology	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	16^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	61^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography	5	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
Art/Art Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music History, Literature, and Theory	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Conducting	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Keyboard Instruments	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Jazz/Jazz Studies	2	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
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	46	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	89	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial Technology/Technician	-	-	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 Studies	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 9,217 students enrolled in University of Northern Iowa including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 1,250 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 324 male and 926 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 449 full-time and 801 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 465 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 148 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,250
Men Students	324
Women Students	926

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,250
Full-time Students	449
Part-time Students	801

By race/ethnicity 1,008 White, 38 Black, and 12 Asian students are attending at University of Northern Iowa. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,250
American Indian / Native American	2
Asian	12
Black	38
Hispanic	46
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	1,008
Two or more races	16
Un-Known	23

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 Northern Iowa, 465 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 148 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,210
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	465
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	148
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	597

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	465
Iowa Resident	383
Other State In U.S.	47
Outside of U.S.	35

Graduate School Tuition at University of Northern Iowa