Graduate Programs at California State University-Fresno

Graduate School Overview

California State University-Fresno (referred to as Fresno State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Fresno, CA. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (1/31/1954 - Current).

Fresno State Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Fresno (Fresno State)
Address	5241 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA 93740
Phone	559-278-4240
Web	https://www.csufresno.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.fresnostate.edu/studentaffairs/programs/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California State University-Fresno is $8,097 for California residents and $17,601 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,645 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 23,999 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 141 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,601 $8,097 for California Residents
Student Population	2,645
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	141 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Fresno is $8,097 for California residents and $17,601 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-Fresno offers the alternative tuition plans.

California State University-Fresno 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)	6 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) 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-Fresno is $8,097 for California residents and $17,601 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.06% 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	$845	$16,680	$845
2019-2020	$7,176	$847	$16,680	$847
2020-2021	$7,176	$901	$16,680	$901
2021-2022	$7,176	$911	$16,680	$911
2022-2023	$7,176	$921	$16,680	$921

The graduate school tuition & fees of Fresno 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-Fresno	$8,097	$17,601
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 $15,580 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California State University-Fresno. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.60% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,984. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.33% 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	$10,587	$2,326	$13,780	$2,732
2019-2020	$10,587	$2,568	$15,084	$2,982
2020-2021	$10,905	$3,604	$15,537	$4,098
2021-2022	$10,758	$3,792	$16,003	$4,304
2022-2023	$11,080	$3,994	$16,484	$4,500

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $396 at California State University-Fresno. 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 Fresno State

California State University-Fresno offers 65 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, 888 students have completed their study at California State University-Fresno.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Fresno
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	51	3	794
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	39
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	1	0
Doctor's degree - other	3	2	34
Post Bachelor's Degree	7	0	21
Total	65	6	888

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at California State University-Fresno by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Dietetics/Dietitian program with 11 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services program with 110 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 34 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California State University-Fresno
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	11	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	7	-
Education	✕	3	-
Environmental Science	✕	0	-
Writing	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Fresno
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	110	$47,900
Business Administration and Management	✕	71	$81,500
Education	✕	62	$66,000
Social Work	✕	44	$56,400
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	42	$68,000

Popular Doctorate Programs at California State University-Fresno
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	34	-
Community College Education	✕	23	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	16	$101,500
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	$101,500
Nursing Practice	✔	0	-

California State University-Fresno offers 65 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 888 students have completed their graduate studies.

794 students have earned/completed Master's program.
34 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
21 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
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	0	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	8	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	337 completers	$66,000
Education	✕	62	$66,000
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	27	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	23	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	34	$60,100
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	✕	17	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	110	$47,900
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	16	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	33	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	15	-
Education (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Engineering	✕	17	-
Civil Engineering	✕	17	-
Computer Engineering	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	6	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	5	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	20 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Creative Writing	✕	15	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	17	-
Biotechnology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	16	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	28 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	✔	9	-
Physics	✕	9	-
Psychology [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Psychology	✕	9	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Human Services [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	5	$43,600
Social Work	✕	44	$56,400
Social Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Criminology	✕	6	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	6	-
Music	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	103 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	42	$68,000
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	4	-
Public Health	✕	21	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	25	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	11	$96,500
Business [+]	✕	73 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	71	$81,500
Construction Management	✕	2	-
History [+]	✕	10 completers	-
History	✕	10	-
	Total	794

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	16	$101,500
Community College Education	✕	23	-
	Total	39

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	$101,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	34 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	34	-
Nursing Practice	✔	0	-
	Total	34

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	$101,500
Community College Education	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Education	✕	3	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Writing	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	11	-
	Total	21

Graduate Student Population at Fresno State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,860 students enrolled into California State University-Fresno graduate schools where it has total 23,999 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,991 full-time and 869 part-time graduate students. By gender, 967 male and 1,893 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	2,860	967	1,893
Full-time	1,991	633	1,358
Part-tme	869	334	535

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

There are 741 White (25.91%), 66 Black/African American (2.31%), 1,327 Hispanic (46.40%), 255 Asian (8.92%), and 471 students with other races. 234 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,860	967	1,893
American Indian/Native American	12	6	6
Asian	255	84	171
Black/African American	66	32	34
Hispanic	1,327	407	920
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	1	4
White	741	240	501
Two More	91	36	55
Un-Known	129	43	86
Non-resident Alien	234	118	116

California State University-Fresno offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 766 graduate students (26.78% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,420 graduate students (49.65% 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	2,860
Enrolled Online Exclusively	766
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,420
Not in Online Courses	674

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Fresno. 1,021 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.70% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.07%), 90 students are aged above 50 (3.15%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Fresno.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,860	967	1,893
Age 18-19	2	0	2
Age 20-21	49	9	40
Age 22-24	972	293	679
Age 25-29	916	318	598
Age 30-34	389	151	238
Age 35-39	224	84	140
Age 40-49	218	76	142
Age 50-64	77	27	50
Over 64	13	9	4

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