Graduate Programs at Benedictine University

Graduate School Overview

Benedictine University (referred to as Benedictine) is a Private, 4 years school located in Lisle, IL. 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 (1/1/1958 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Benedictine Directory Information
School Name	Benedictine University (Benedictine)
Address	5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL 60532-0900
Phone	630-829-6000
Web	https://www.ben.edu
Online Application	https://www.ben.edu/admissions/apply.cfm
Financial Info	https://www.ben.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Benedictine University is $20,239 in average. The school has 1,081 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,123 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 103 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 1 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,239
Student Population	1,081
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	103 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Benedictine University is $20,239 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $794.

Benedictine University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Benedictine 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)	1 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 Benedictine University is $20,239. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.05% 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
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$17,883	$1,103
2019-2020	$18,273	$1,136
2020-2021	$18,574	$1,135
2021-2022	$18,530	$1,110
2022-2023	$19,181	$1,058

The graduate school tuition & fees of Benedictine is average compared to private graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,843 (public) / $20,716 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Benedictine University	$20,239
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,869	$19,862
Public	$11,983	$18,843
Private	$20,716

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,852 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Benedictine University. On-campus living costs are increased by 1.08% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,604. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.15% 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	$11,126	$3,080	$10,672	$4,364
2019-2020	$11,126	$3,080	$10,672	$4,364
2020-2021	$9,956	$3,080	$11,440	$4,364
2021-2022	$10,156	$3,202	$11,668	$4,586
2022-2023	$10,266	$3,236	$12,018	$4,586

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $794 at Benedictine University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 11.67% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$678
2019-2020	$694
2020-2021	$707
2021-2022	$711
2022-2023	$794

Graduate Programs at Benedictine

Benedictine University offers 43 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, 858 students have completed their study at Benedictine University.

Offered Degrees at Benedictine University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	25	0	647
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	16
Post Bachelor's Degree	16	1	195
Total	43	1	858

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Epidemiology program with 89 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Public Health program with 218 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Organizational Behavior Studies program with 10 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Benedictine University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Epidemiology	✕	89	-
Public Health (other)	✕	76	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	19	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	9	-
Nursing Education	✔	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Benedictine University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Health	✕	218	$59,900
Business Administration and Management	✕	197	$70,100
Management Information Systems	✕	70	-
Nursing Science	✕	60	-
Physiology	✕	26	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Benedictine University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	10	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	6	-

Benedictine University offers 43 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 858 students have completed their graduate studies.

647 students have earned/completed Master's program.
195 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Education	✕	0	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	18	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	15	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Physiology	✕	26	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	278 completers	-
Public Health	✕	218	$59,900
Nursing Science	✕	60	-
Business [+]	✕	295 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	197	$70,100
Accounting	✕	3	-
Finance	✕	0	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	17	-
Management Information Systems	✕	70	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	8	-
Taxation	✕	0	-
	Total	647

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	6	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	10	-
	Total	16

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	89 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	0	-
Epidemiology	✕	89	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	97 completers	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	19	-
Public Health (other)	✕	76	-
Nursing Education	✔	2	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Project Management	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Accounting and Related Services (other)	✕	0	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	0	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	0	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	0	-
Marketing (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	195

Graduate Student Population at Benedictine

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,193 students enrolled into Benedictine University graduate schools where it has total 3,123 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 318 full-time and 875 part-time graduate students. By gender, 311 male and 882 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	1,193	311	882
Full-time	318	99	219
Part-tme	875	212	663

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

There are 400 White (33.53%), 116 Black/African American (9.72%), 76 Hispanic (6.37%), 111 Asian (9.30%), and 490 students with other races. 13 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,193	311	882
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	111	21	90
Black/African American	116	20	96
Hispanic	76	17	59
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0	3
White	400	88	312
Two More	13	5	8
Un-Known	460	155	305
Non-resident Alien	13	5	8

Benedictine University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,022 graduate students (85.67% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 95 graduate students (7.96% 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	1,193
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,022
Enrolled Some Online Courses	95
Not in Online Courses	76

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Benedictine University. 157 students are aged 20 to 24 (13.16% of total students), 94 students are aged above 50 (7.88%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Benedictine University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,193	311	882
Age 20-21	4	0	4
Age 22-24	153	31	122
Age 25-29	359	107	252
Age 30-34	208	53	155
Age 35-39	170	57	113
Age 40-49	203	44	159
Age 50-64	92	17	75
Over 64	2	2	0
Age Un-Known	2	0	2

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