Graduate Programs at California State University-Chico

Graduate School Overview

California State University-Chico (referred to as Chico State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Chico, CA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (4/30/1954 - Current).

Chico State Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Chico (Chico State)
Address	First and Normal Sts, Chico, CA 95929-0150
Phone	530-898-6116
Web	https://www.csuchico.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.csuchico.edu/fa

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California State University-Chico is $9,406 for California residents and $18,910 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,202 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 14,183 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 118 graduate programs through Master's. Among them, 1 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,910 $9,406 for California Residents
Student Population	1,202
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	118 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Chico is $9,406 for California residents and $18,910 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is -$1 for California residents and $396 for out-of-state students.

California State University-Chico offers the alternative tuition plans.

California State University-Chico 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, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	1 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of California State University-Chico is $9,406 for California residents and $18,910 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.57% 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
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,176	$1,866	$16,680	$1,866
2019-2020	$7,176	$2,064	$16,680	$2,064
2020-2021	$7,176	$2,122	$16,680	$2,122
2021-2022	$7,176	$2,122	$16,680	$2,122
2022-2023	$7,176	$2,230	$16,680	$2,230

The graduate school tuition & fees of Chico State is average compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the California graduate tuition is $21,739 (public) / $23,882 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
California State University-Chico	$9,406	$18,910
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
California Graduate Schools	$19,794	$22,475
Public	$11,472	$21,739
Private	$23,882

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,060 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California State University-Chico. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.76% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $15,572. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.26% 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	$12,550	$2,548	$12,390	$2,548
2019-2020	$13,422	$2,796	$13,216	$2,796
2020-2021	$13,500	$2,174	$11,314	$2,598
2021-2022	$14,838	$2,236	$12,208	$2,728
2022-2023	$15,212	$2,334	$12,724	$2,848

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $396 at California State University-Chico. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$396
2019-2020	$396
2020-2021	$396
2021-2022	$396
2022-2023	$396

Graduate Programs at Chico State

California State University-Chico offers 36 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, 294 students have completed their study at California State University-Chico.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Chico
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	36	1	294
Total	36	1	294

The most popular program at California State University-Chico is the Business Administration and Management program and last year 61 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Chico
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	61	$48,400
Social Work	✕	43	$50,000
Psychology	✕	28	$46,600
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	25	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✔	18	-

California State University-Chico offers 36 programs through Master's. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 294 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	2	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	6	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	48 completers	-
Education	✕	14	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	7	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✔	18	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	6	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	2	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	6	$38,700
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	28 completers	$46,600
Psychology	✕	28	$46,600
Human Services [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	17	-
Social Work	✕	43	$50,000
Social Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	6	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	1	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	2	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	0	$64,900
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	25	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	61	$48,400
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	294

Graduate Student Population at Chico State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,240 students enrolled into California State University-Chico graduate schools where it has total 14,183 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 711 full-time and 529 part-time graduate students. By gender, 417 male and 823 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	1,240	417	823
Full-time	711	219	492
Part-tme	529	198	331

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

There are 615 White (49.60%), 28 Black/African American (2.26%), 313 Hispanic (25.24%), 66 Asian (5.32%), and 218 students with other races. 88 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,240	417	823
American Indian/Native American	12	5	7
Asian	66	25	41
Black/African American	28	12	16
Hispanic	313	91	222
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	615	192	423
Two More	47	9	38
Un-Known	70	30	40
Non-resident Alien	88	53	35

California State University-Chico offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 179 graduate students (14.44% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 541 graduate students (43.63% 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	1,240
Enrolled Online Exclusively	179
Enrolled Some Online Courses	541
Not in Online Courses	520

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Chico. 436 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.16% of total students), 50 students are aged above 50 (4.03%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Chico.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,240	417	823
Age 20-21	24	3	21
Age 22-24	412	119	293
Age 25-29	339	128	211
Age 30-34	197	88	109
Age 35-39	98	27	71
Age 40-49	120	38	82
Age 50-64	48	13	35
Over 64	2	1	1

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