Athens State University Graduate Schools

Athens State University (referred to as Athens State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Athens, AL. It is classified as a Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Athens State University is $10,200 for Alabama residents and $16,320 for out-of-state students. The school has 235 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,794 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1955 - Current).

Athens State Directory Information
School Name	Athens State University (Athens State)
Address	300 N Beaty St, Athens, AL 35611
Phone	256-233-8100
Web	https://www.athens.edu
Online Application	https://www.athens.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.athens.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Athens State University is $10,200 for Alabama residents and $16,320 for out-of-state students. The school has 235 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,794 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 51 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's. Among them, 28 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$16,320 $10,200 for Alabama Residents
Student Population	235
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	51 graduate programs (28 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Athens State University is $10,200 for Alabama residents and $16,320 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $344 for Alabama residents and $589 for out-of-state students.

Athens State University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Athens State 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)	28 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	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 Athens State University is $10,200 for Alabama residents and $16,320 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 17.85% 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
	Alabama Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,968	-	$7,968	-
2019-2020	$6,936	$1,224	$12,000	$1,224
2020-2021	$6,936	$1,224	$12,000	$1,224
2021-2022	$7,800	$1,848	$12,000	$1,848
2022-2023	$8,352	$1,848	$14,472	$1,848

The graduate school tuition & fees of Athens State is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $20,935 (public) / $13,142 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Athens State University	$10,200	$16,320
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Alabama Graduate Schools	$10,966	$16,598
Public	$9,892	$20,935
Private	$13,142

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $344 for Alabama residents and $589 for other students at Athens State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 17.80% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alabama Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$332	$332
2019-2020	$289	$500
2020-2021	$289	$500
2021-2022	$325	$500
2022-2023	$344	$589

Graduate Programs at Athens State

Athens State University offers 3 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 78 students have completed their study at Athens State University.

Offered Degrees at Athens State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	3	3	78
Total	3	3	78

The most popular program at Athens State University is the Technical Teacher Education program and last year 43 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Athens State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Technical Teacher Education	✔	43
Technical Teacher Education	✔	30
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✔	29
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✔	12
Religion/Religious Studies	✔	6

Athens State University offers 3 programs through Master's. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 78 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	43 completers
Technical Teacher Education	✔	43
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers
Religion/Religious Studies	✔	6
Business [+]	✔	29 completers
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✔	29
	Total	78

Graduate Student Population at Athens State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 235 students enrolled into Athens State University graduate schools where it has total 2,794 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 32 full-time and 203 part-time graduate students. By gender, 94 male and 141 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	235	94	141
Full-time	32	14	18
Part-tme	203	80	123

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

There are 128 White (54.47%), 83 Black/African American (35.32%), 9 Hispanic (3.83%), 4 Asian (1.70%), and 11 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	235	94	141
American Indian/Native American	3	2	1
Asian	4	4	0
Black/African American	83	25	58
Hispanic	9	2	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	128	58	70
Two More	5	1	4
Un-Known	3	2	1
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Athens State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 235 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	235
Enrolled Online Exclusively	235
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Athens State University. 27 students are aged 20 to 24 (11.49% of total students), 41 students are aged above 50 (17.45%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Athens State University.