Graduate Programs at Arkansas Tech University

Graduate School Overview

Arkansas Tech University (referred to as ATU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Russellville, AR. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1930 - Current).

ATU Directory Information
School Name	Arkansas Tech University (ATU)
Address	Administration Bldg 200, 1509 N Boulder Ave, Russellville, AR 72801-2222
Phone	844-804-2628
Web	https://www.atu.edu
Online Application	https://www.atu.edu/admissions
Financial Info	https://www.atu.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Arkansas Tech University is $7,170 for Arkansas residents and $12,651 for out-of-state students. The school has 723 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,445 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 167 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 9 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$12,651 $7,170 for Arkansas Residents
Student Population	723
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	167 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Arkansas Tech University is $7,170 for Arkansas residents and $12,651 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $305 for Arkansas residents and $609 for out-of-state students.

Arkansas Tech University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Arkansas Tech University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	9 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Arkansas Tech University is $7,170 for Arkansas residents and $12,651 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.61% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Arkansas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$5,112	$1,373	$10,224	$1,373
2019-2020	$5,256	$1,481	$10,512	$1,481
2020-2021	$5,256	$1,575	$10,512	$1,575
2021-2022	$5,414	$1,623	$10,827	$1,623
2022-2023	$5,481	$1,689	$10,962	$1,689

The graduate school tuition & fees of ATU is average compared to public graduate schools in Arkansas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Arkansas graduate tuition is $13,209 (public) / $20,589 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Arkansas Tech University	$7,170	$12,651
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Arkansas Graduate Schools	$11,092	$15,778
Public	$7,576	$13,209
Private	$20,589

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $13,942 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Arkansas Tech University. On-campus living costs are increased by 4.96% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,140. Off-campus living costs are increased by 6.42% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$7,870	$2,331	$11,902	$3,991
2019-2020	$7,967	$2,731	$12,281	$4,125
2020-2021	$8,754	$2,876	$12,711	$4,324
2021-2022	$8,996	$3,285	$13,711	$4,274
2022-2023	$9,157	$3,733	$14,355	$4,785

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $305 for Arkansas residents and $609 for other students at Arkansas Tech University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.16% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Arkansas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$284	$568
2019-2020	$292	$584
2020-2021	$292	$584
2021-2022	$301	$602
2022-2023	$305	$609

Graduate Programs at ATU

Arkansas Tech University offers 28 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 276 students have completed their study at Arkansas Tech University.

Offered Degrees at Arkansas Tech University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	24	7	213
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	17
Post Bachelor's Degree	2	1	40
Post Master's Degree	1	0	6
Total	28	8	276

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Arkansas Tech University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the College Student Counseling and Personnel Services program with 24 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the College Student Counseling and Personnel Services program with 33 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 17 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Arkansas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	24	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	6	-

Popular Master's Programs at Arkansas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	33	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	18	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	17	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	17	-
Education (other)	✕	14	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Arkansas Tech University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	-

Arkansas Tech University offers 28 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 276 students have completed their graduate studies.

213 students have earned/completed Master's program.
40 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
6 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	123 completers	-
Education	✕	12	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	9	$50,500
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	18	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	10	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	3	$40,000
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	33	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	7	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	17	-
Education (other)	✕	14	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	3	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	7 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	7	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Psychology	✕	4	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	14	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	20 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	10	-
Nursing Administration	✔	10	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	17	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	213

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	-
	Total	17

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	40 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	16	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	24	-
	Total	40

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	6	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at ATU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 739 students enrolled into Arkansas Tech University graduate schools where it has total 9,445 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 152 full-time and 587 part-time graduate students. By gender, 268 male and 471 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	739	268	471
Full-time	152	88	64
Part-tme	587	180	407

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 571 White (77.27%), 79 Black/African American (10.69%), 33 Hispanic (4.47%), 5 Asian (0.68%), and 51 students with other races. 30 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	739	268	471
American Indian/Native American	3	1	2
Asian	5	2	3
Black/African American	79	35	44
Hispanic	33	11	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	571	192	379
Two More	18	5	13
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	30	22	8

Arkansas Tech University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 525 graduate students (71.04% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 88 graduate students (11.91% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	739
Enrolled Online Exclusively	525
Enrolled Some Online Courses	88
Not in Online Courses	126

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Arkansas Tech University. 185 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.03% of total students), 60 students are aged above 50 (8.12%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Arkansas Tech University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	739	268	471
Age 20-21	16	7	9
Age 22-24	169	82	87
Age 25-29	147	55	92
Age 30-34	108	29	79
Age 35-39	85	35	50
Age 40-49	154	41	113
Age 50-64	54	15	39
Over 64	6	4	2

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