Graduate Programs at California State University-Fullerton

Graduate School Overview

California State University-Fullerton (referred to as Cal State Fullerton) is a Public, 4 years school located in Fullerton, 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 (2/28/1961 - Current).

Cal State Fullerton Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Fullerton (Cal State Fullerton)
Address	800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831-3599
Phone	657-278-2593
Web	https://www.fullerton.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.fullerton.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California State University-Fullerton is $8,441 for California residents and $17,945 for out-of-state students. The school has 4,954 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 40,386 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 119 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,945 $8,441 for California Residents
Student Population	4,954
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	119 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Fullerton is $8,441 for California residents and $17,945 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-Fullerton offers the alternative tuition plans.

California State University-Fullerton 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)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) 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-Fullerton is $8,441 for California residents and $17,945 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.17% 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	$1,144	$16,680	$1,144
2019-2020	$7,176	$1,182	$16,680	$1,182
2020-2021	$7,176	$1,212	$16,680	$1,212
2021-2022	$7,176	$1,234	$16,680	$1,234
2022-2023	$7,176	$1,265	$16,680	$1,265

The graduate school tuition & fees of Cal State Fullerton 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-Fullerton	$8,441	$17,945
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 $21,268 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California State University-Fullerton. On-campus living costs are decreased by -0.46% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $20,656. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -6.55% 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	$15,898	$2,952	$15,150	$3,024
2019-2020	$15,852	$3,209	$16,189	$3,283
2020-2021	$16,296	$4,316	$15,592	$4,864
2021-2022	$16,703	$3,133	$17,100	$5,003
2022-2023	$16,702	$3,042	$16,090	$4,566

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

California State University-Fullerton offers 62 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, 1,751 students have completed their study at California State University-Fullerton.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Fullerton
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	51	2	1,567
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	37
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	0	0
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	43
Post Bachelor's Degree	5	0	104
Total	62	2	1,751

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Industrial and Product Design program with 90 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Education program with 239 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Practice program with 43 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California State University-Fullerton
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Industrial and Product Design	✕	90	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	9	-
Music Performance	✕	3	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✕	2	-
Community College Education	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Fullerton
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	239	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	153	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	125	$75,500
Social Work	✕	108	$52,900
Computer Science	✕	75	$75,100

Popular Doctorate Programs at California State University-Fullerton
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Practice	✕	43	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	23	-
Community College Education	✕	14	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-

California State University-Fullerton offers 62 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,751 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,567 students have earned/completed Master's program.
43 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
104 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
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	19 completers	$56,400
Environmental Science	✕	19	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	13	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	32 completers	$55,500
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	32	$55,500
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	94 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	19	-
Computer Science	✕	75	$75,100
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	453 completers	-
Education	✕	239	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	153	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	61	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	230 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	41	$67,900
Computer Engineering	✕	22	$93,200
Computer Software Engineering	✕	69	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	27	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✔	48	$67,000
Mechanical Engineering	✕	23	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	10	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	13	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	15 completers	$42,200
English Language and Literature	✕	15	$42,200
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	20	-
Biotechnology	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	13	-
Statistics	✕	27	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	5	-
Natural Sciences	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	17	$33,600
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	12	-
Psychology [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Psychology	✕	22	-
Human Services [+]	✕	139 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	31	-
Social Work	✕	108	$52,900
Social Sciences [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	15	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	10	-
Geography	✕	5	-
Political Science and Government	✕	8	-
Sociology	✕	14	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	5	-
Playwriting and Screenwriting	✕	13	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	0	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	8	-
Music	✕	2	-
Music Performance	✕	20	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	24	$68,100
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	4	-
Public Health	✕	25	$46,200
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	53	$111,400
Business [+]	✕	185 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	125	$75,500
Accounting	✕	39	$62,300
Taxation	✕	21	$63,400
History [+]	✕	31 completers	-
History	✕	31	$44,800
	Total	1,567

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	23	-
Community College Education	✕	14	-
	Total	37

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	43	-
	Total	43

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	-
Community College Education	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Community College Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	93 completers	-
Industrial and Product Design	✕	90	-
Music Performance	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✕	2	-
	Total	104

Graduate Student Population at Cal State Fullerton

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 5,138 students enrolled into California State University-Fullerton graduate schools where it has total 40,386 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,230 full-time and 2,908 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,892 male and 3,246 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	5,138	1,892	3,246
Full-time	2,230	712	1,518
Part-tme	2,908	1,180	1,728

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

There are 1,402 White (27.29%), 140 Black/African American (2.72%), 1,784 Hispanic (34.72%), 968 Asian (18.84%), and 844 students with other races. 445 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,138	1,892	3,246
American Indian/Native American	4	2	2
Asian	968	391	577
Black/African American	140	50	90
Hispanic	1,784	585	1,199
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	2	3
White	1,402	502	900
Two More	178	55	123
Un-Known	212	91	121
Non-resident Alien	445	214	231

California State University-Fullerton offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,295 graduate students (25.20% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,064 graduate students (40.17% 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	5,138
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,295
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,064
Not in Online Courses	1,779

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Fullerton. 1,330 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.89% of total students), 224 students are aged above 50 (4.36%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Fullerton.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,138	1,892	3,246
Age 20-21	54	16	38
Age 22-24	1,276	420	856
Age 25-29	1,811	721	1,090
Age 30-34	835	352	483
Age 35-39	465	162	303
Age 40-49	473	156	317
Age 50-64	212	58	154
Over 64	12	7	5

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