Graduate Programs at California State University-Northridge

Graduate School Overview

California State University-Northridge (referred to as CSUN) is a Public, 4 years school located in Northridge, CA. 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- professional practice.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (2/28/1960 - Current).

CSUN Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Northridge (CSUN)
Address	18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330
Phone	818-677-1200
Web	https://www.csun.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.csun.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California State University-Northridge is $8,503 for California residents and $18,007 for out-of-state students. The school has 5,612 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 40,108 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 161 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other). Among them, 9 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,007 $8,503 for California Residents
Student Population	5,612
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	161 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	26 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Northridge is $8,503 for California residents and $18,007 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is -$1 for California residents and $397 for out-of-state students.

California State University-Northridge offers the alternative tuition plans.

California State University-Northridge 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, remedial services, 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)	9 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial 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-Northridge is $8,503 for California residents and $18,007 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.14% 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	$1,151	$16,680	$1,151
2019-2020	$7,176	$1,235	$16,680	$1,235
2020-2021	$7,176	$1,275	$16,680	$1,275
2021-2022	$7,176	$1,301	$16,680	$1,301
2022-2023	$7,176	$1,327	$16,680	$1,327

The graduate school tuition & fees of CSUN is average compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (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-Northridge	$8,503	$18,007
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,174 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California State University-Northridge. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.32% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $24,054. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.11% 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	$11,122	$2,952	$15,150	$3,024
2019-2020	$11,328	$3,282	$16,188	$3,282
2020-2021	$11,662	$3,152	$17,322	$4,338
2021-2022	$11,502	$3,132	$18,962	$4,366
2022-2023	$11,848	$3,272	$19,728	$4,326

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $397 at California State University-Northridge. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.25% 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	$397

Graduate Programs at CSUN

California State University-Northridge offers 88 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, 1,871 students have completed their study at California State University-Northridge.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Northridge
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	70	5	1,634
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	0	18
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	29
Post Bachelor's Degree	14	3	190
Total	88	8	1,871

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Communication Sciences and Disorders program with 57 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Public Administration program with 242 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 30 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California State University-Northridge
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✔	57	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	32	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	28	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	25	-
Public Administration	✔	23	-

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Northridge
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Administration	✕	242	$64,200
Public Administration	✕	226	$64,200
Social Work	✕	184	$53,800
Social Work	✕	148	$53,800
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	117	$51,300

Popular Doctorate Programs at California State University-Northridge
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	30	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
Community College Education	✕	18	-
Community College Education	✕	7	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	3	-

California State University-Northridge offers 88 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,871 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,634 students have earned/completed Master's program.
29 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
18 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.
190 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
Architecture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	15	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	✕	9	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	31 completers	$42,000
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	31	$42,000
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	14	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	291 completers	-
Education	✕	33	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	19	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	39	$75,400
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	24	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	24	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	29	$58,800
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✔	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	117	$51,300
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✕	87 completers	-
Engineering	✕	0	-
Structural Engineering	✕	18	-
Computer Engineering	✕	9	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	7	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	19	-
Materials Engineering	✕	10	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	12	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	12	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	63	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	10	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	19	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	$44,900
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	10	$44,900
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	32 completers	$31,500
English Language and Literature	✕	32	$31,500
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	18	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	21	-
Biochemistry	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	14	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	✕	2	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	13	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	0	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	36	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	6	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	13	-
Psychology [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Psychology	✕	17	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	5	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	26	-
Human Services [+]	✕	390 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	242	$64,200
Social Work	✕	148	$53,800
Social Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	7	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	12	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	87 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	3	$26,200
Playwriting and Screenwriting	✕	15	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	8	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	5	-
Music Performance	✕	22	-
Music (other)	✔	34	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	223 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✔	50	$65,200
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	50	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	16	$52,700
Public Health	✕	75	$53,500
Environmental Health	✕	14	-
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering	✔	0	-
Rehabilitation Science	✔	18	-
Business [+]	✕	128 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	37	$77,400
Accounting	✕	51	-
Hospitality Administration/Management (other)	✕	6	-
Knowledge Management	✕	0	-
Taxation	✕	34	$86,300
History [+]	✕	16 completers	-
History	✕	16	-
	Total	1,634

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 [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
	Total	29

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Community College Education	✕	18	-
	Total	18

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	3	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	25 completers	-
Quality Control Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	25	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	3	-
Human Services [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	23	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	91 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✔	57	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	32	-
Health Services Administration	✕	2	-
Music Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	28	-
Human Resources Development	✕	15	-
Real Estate	✕	2	-
	Total	190

Graduate Student Population at CSUN

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 5,612 students enrolled into California State University-Northridge graduate schools where it has total 40,108 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,702 full-time and 2,910 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,853 male and 3,759 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	5,612	1,853	3,759
Full-time	2,702	851	1,851
Part-tme	2,910	1,002	1,908

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

There are 1,428 White (25.45%), 179 Black/African American (3.19%), 1,958 Hispanic (34.89%), 454 Asian (8.09%), and 1,593 students with other races. 430 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,612	1,853	3,759
American Indian/Native American	9	3	6
Asian	454	167	287
Black/African American	179	50	129
Hispanic	1,958	583	1,375
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	1,428	491	937
Two More	145	42	103
Un-Known	1,007	310	697
Non-resident Alien	430	207	223

California State University-Northridge offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 3,179 graduate students (56.65% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 984 graduate students (17.53% 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	5,612
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,179
Enrolled Some Online Courses	984
Not in Online Courses	1,449

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Northridge. 1,184 students are aged 20 to 24 (21.10% of total students), 270 students are aged above 50 (4.81%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Northridge.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,612	1,853	3,759
Age 20-21	54	16	38
Age 22-24	1,130	365	765
Age 25-29	2,014	659	1,355
Age 30-34	1,007	352	655
Age 35-39	569	206	363
Age 40-49	568	170	398
Age 50-64	257	76	181
Over 64	13	9	4

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