Graduate Programs | University of Southern Maine

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Southern Maine with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Maine residents, the tuition & fees are $9,594 and $25,884 for non-Maine residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $461 for Maine residents and $1,365 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	$8,010	$24,300
Fees	$1,584	$1,584
Cost per Credit	$461	$1,365
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$11,650 (On-Campus) / $11,650 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,242 (On-Campus) / $3,242 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,486	$41,776
Off-Campus Total	$25,486	$41,776

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$8,502	$8,736	$8,856	$8,982	$9,594
Out-of-State	$21,462	$22,308	$22,968	$23,706	$25,884

Graduate Program Overview

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

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,594 for Maine residents and $25,884 for out-of-state students.

It offers 103 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	University of Southern Maine
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	96 Falmouth St, Portland, ME
Graduate School Students	2,040 students 1,055 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$9,594 Out-of-State$25,884
Student to Faculty	14:1 (7.14%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 103 Graduate Programs 47 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 50 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Southern Maine offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 103 major areas - 47 Master's (19 online programs), 6 Doctorate (2 online programs), 38 Post-Bachelor'(8 online programs), 12 Post-Master'(2 online programs). 564 students have been conferred Master's degree and 79 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	564	79	96	22
Men	141	46	32	3
Women	423	33	64	19

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.

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	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
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multicultural Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Educational Evaluation and Research	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Special Education and Teaching	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	4	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	22	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/Letters (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

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

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Psychology	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	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
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	-	-	4	NOT OFFERED
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Geography (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition	-	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
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	-	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Health Services Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	6	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	4	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
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

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

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Special Education and Teaching	50^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	12^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Montessori Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	49	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Creative Writing	35^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	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Immunology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

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

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Data Science, General	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Psychology	87^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	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
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	17	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	36^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Performance	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Theory and Composition	1	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Conducting	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Jazz/Jazz Studies	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Pedagogy	-	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	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	28	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Health Services Administration	1	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	22	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Education	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Administration	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Clinical Nurse Leader	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	15^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	-	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	NOT OFFERED	7^ONLINE
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Reading Teacher Education	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	-	4
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	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
Nursing Education	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Nursing Administration	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Clinical Nurse Leader	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	-^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology	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

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	-	-^ONLINE	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
Organizational Leadership	-^ONLINE	-^ONLINE	-	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

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

Graduate Student Population

Total 7,996 students enrolled in University of Southern Maine including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 2,040 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 516 male and 1,524 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 624 full-time and 1,416 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 1,055 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 383 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,040
Men Students	516
Women Students	1,524

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,040
Full-time Students	624
Part-time Students	1,416

By race/ethnicity 1,700 White, 65 Black, and 32 Asian students are attending at University of Southern Maine. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,040
American Indian / Native American	19
Asian	32
Black	65
Hispanic	70
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	1,700
Two or more races	36
Un-Known	95

13 students are younger than 22 and 549 students are older than 65. The school has 782 students aged between 22 and 30 and 623 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,040
21 & Under	13
22-24	281
25-29	501
30-34	392
35-39	231
40 & Over	549

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 Southern Maine, 1,055 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 383 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,967
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,055
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	383
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	529

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,055
Maine Resident	825
Other State In U.S.	222
Outside of U.S.	8

Graduate School Tuition at University of Southern Maine