Graduate Programs at Austin Peay State University

Graduate School Overview

Austin Peay State University (referred to as Austin Peay State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Clarksville, TN. 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 and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1947 - Current).

Austin Peay State Directory Information
School Name	Austin Peay State University (Austin Peay State)
Address	601 College St, Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone	931-221-7011
Web	https://www.apsu.edu
Online Application	https://www.apsu.edu/admissions/applicant/apply
Financial Info	https://www.apsu.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Austin Peay State University is $9,841 for Tennessee residents and $14,827 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,206 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,326 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 82 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 18 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$14,827 $9,841 for Tennessee Residents
Student Population	1,206
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	82 graduate programs (18 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Austin Peay State University is $9,841 for Tennessee residents and $14,827 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $457 for Tennessee residents and $734 for out-of-state students.

Austin Peay State University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Austin Peay 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, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	18 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 On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Austin Peay State University is $9,841 for Tennessee residents and $14,827 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same 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
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,920	$1,425	$20,502	$1,425
2019-2020	$8,100	$1,583	$13,086	$1,583
2020-2021	$8,100	$1,583	$13,086	$1,583
2021-2022	$8,226	$1,615	$13,212	$1,615
2022-2023	$8,226	$1,615	$13,212	$1,615

The graduate school tuition & fees of Austin Peay State is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,629 (public) / $19,720 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Austin Peay State University	$9,841	$14,827
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,517	$19,583
Public	$11,181	$20,629
Private	$19,720

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,644 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Austin Peay State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.71% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,996. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.45% 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	$10,699	$4,538	$10,699	$4,538
2019-2020	$11,542	$6,317	$11,542	$6,317
2020-2021	$12,120	$6,562	$11,340	$6,562
2021-2022	$12,056	$8,370	$12,124	$8,370
2022-2023	$12,274	$8,910	$12,626	$8,370

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $457 for Tennessee residents and $734 for other students at Austin Peay State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tennessee Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$440	$1,139
2019-2020	$450	$727
2020-2021	$450	$727
2021-2022	$457	$734
2022-2023	$457	$734

Graduate Programs at Austin Peay State

Austin Peay State University offers 37 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, 466 students have completed their study at Austin Peay State University.

Offered Degrees at Austin Peay State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	20	4	405
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	8
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	0
Post Bachelor's Degree	13	12	48
Post Master's Degree	2	1	5
Total	37	17	466

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Austin Peay State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Organizational Leadership program with 18 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the General Studies program with 46 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 8 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Austin Peay State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Organizational Leadership	✔	18	-
Research and Development Management	✔	16	-
Project Management	✔	6	-
Education	✔	3	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Austin Peay State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
General Studies	✕	46	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	42	-
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	✔	38	-
Education	✕	36	$40,700
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	36	$82,500

Popular Doctorate Programs at Austin Peay State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	0	-

Austin Peay State University offers 37 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 466 students have completed their graduate studies.

405 students have earned/completed Master's program.
48 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
5 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
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	29	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	38 completers	-
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	✔	38	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	66 completers	$40,700
Education	✕	36	$40,700
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	18	$43,800
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	46 completers	-
General Studies	✕	46	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	17	$39,600
Psychology [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	26	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	26 completers	-
Social Work	✔	26	$36,800
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Music	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	93 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	42	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	15	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	36	$82,500
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	30 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	30	-
History [+]	✕	11 completers	-
History	✕	10	-
Military History	✕	1	-
	Total	405

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
	Total	8

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration	✔	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	2 completers	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✔	0	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs	✔	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	2	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Biometry/Biometrics	✔	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✔	1	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Applied Psychology	✔	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Music	✔	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	40 completers	-
Research and Development Management	✔	16	-
Project Management	✔	6	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	18	-
	Total	48

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Education	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-
	Total	5

Graduate Student Population at Austin Peay State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,191 students enrolled into Austin Peay State University graduate schools where it has total 9,326 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 394 full-time and 797 part-time graduate students. By gender, 407 male and 784 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	1,191	407	784
Full-time	394	140	254
Part-tme	797	267	530

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

There are 757 White (63.56%), 225 Black/African American (18.89%), 40 Hispanic (3.36%), 15 Asian (1.26%), and 154 students with other races. 74 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,191	407	784
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	15	6	9
Black/African American	225	76	149
Hispanic	40	16	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	757	232	525
Two More	53	22	31
Un-Known	26	10	16
Non-resident Alien	74	44	30

Austin Peay State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 725 graduate students (60.87% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 226 graduate students (18.98% 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	1,191
Enrolled Online Exclusively	725
Enrolled Some Online Courses	226
Not in Online Courses	240

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Austin Peay State University. 279 students are aged 20 to 24 (23.43% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.08%), 79 students are aged above 50 (6.63%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Austin Peay State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,191	407	784
Age 18-19	1	1	0
Age 20-21	14	5	9
Age 22-24	265	106	159
Age 25-29	254	79	175
Age 30-34	206	67	139
Age 35-39	165	54	111
Age 40-49	207	65	142
Age 50-64	76	29	47
Over 64	3	1	2

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