Graduate Programs at California State University-Sacramento

Graduate School Overview

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

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (4/30/1951 - Current).

Sacramento State Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Sacramento (Sacramento State)
Address	6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819-2694
Phone	916-278-6011
Web	https://www.csus.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.csus.edu/apply/financial-aid-scholarships

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Sacramento State is $9,036 for California residents and $18,540 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,897 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 31,818 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 121 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 1 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,540 $9,036 for California Residents
Student Population	2,897
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	121 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	24 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Sacramento State is $9,036 for California residents and $18,540 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $0 for California residents and $396 for out-of-state students.

Sacramento State offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
California Residents	$9,036
Out-of-State	$18,540
Tuition per Credit Hour
California Residents	$0
Out-of-State	$396

Sacramento State 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	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-Sacramento is $9,036 for California residents and $18,540 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.64% 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	$1,568	$16,680	$1,568
2019-2020	$7,176	$1,626	$16,680	$1,626
2020-2021	$7,176	$1,676	$16,680	$1,676
2021-2022	$7,176	$1,650	$16,680	$1,650
2022-2023	$7,176	$1,742	$16,680	$1,742
2023-2024	$7,176	$1,860	$16,680	$1,860

The graduate school tuition & fees of Sacramento State is average compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the California graduate tuition is $21,930 (public) / $24,536 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
California State University-Sacramento	$9,036	$18,540
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
California Graduate Schools	$19,839	$23,084
Public	$11,723	$21,930
Private	$24,536

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $21,766 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Sacramento State.

On-campus living costs are increased by 2.97% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $26,530. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.26% 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	$14,900	$2,326	$13,780	$2,732
2019-2020	$15,224	$2,568	$15,084	$2,982
2020-2021	$16,134	$3,174	$16,580	$3,944
2021-2022	$15,944	$3,640	$19,096	$3,890
2022-2023	$16,278	$3,828	$21,620	$4,072
2023-2024	$16,278	$4,426	$21,042	$5,488

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $399 at California State University-Sacramento. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.76% 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
2023-2024	$399

Graduate Programs at Sacramento State

California State University-Sacramento offers 59 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, 780 students have completed their study at California State University-Sacramento.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Sacramento
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	44	1	735
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	0	14
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	0	0
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	31
Post Bachelor's Degree	8	0	0
Total	59	1	780

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other) program with 0 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 124 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 31 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California State University-Sacramento
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Technology	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	-	-
Education	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Sacramento
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	124	$69,000
Education	✕	120	-
Social Work	✕	94	$54,800
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	60	$48,500
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	45	$85,100

Popular Doctorate Programs at California State University-Sacramento
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	31	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Community College Education	✕	6	-
Public/Applied History	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-

California State University-Sacramento offers 59 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 780 students have completed their graduate studies.

735 students have earned/completed Master's program.
31 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	37	-
Education [+]	✕	227 completers	-
Education	✕	120	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	60	$48,500
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	7	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	40	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	5	-
Computer Engineering	✕	7	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	4	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	20	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	8	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	18 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	-	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	11	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	1	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Psychology	✕	4	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	-	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	108 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	14	-
Social Work	✕	94	$54,800
Social Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	6	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	12	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	31	$64,100
Public Health	✕	7	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	45	$85,100
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	124 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	124	$69,000
Accounting	✔	-	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	5	$42,200
Public/Applied History	✕	2	-
	Total	735

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Community College Education	✕	6	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
Public/Applied History	✕	-	-
	Total	14

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	31	-
	Total	31

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

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Education	✕	-	-
Community College Education	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at Sacramento State

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,897 students enrolled into California State University-Sacramento graduate schools where it has total 31,818 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,655 full-time and 1,242 part-time graduate students. By gender, 939 male and 1,958 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	2,897	939	1,958
Full-time	1,655	463	1,192
Part-tme	1,242	476	766

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

There are 1,027 White (35.45%), 153 Black/African American (5.28%), 808 Hispanic (27.89%), 401 Asian (13.84%), and 508 students with other races. 184 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,897	939	1,958
American Indian/Native American	10	4	6
Asian	401	146	255
Black/African American	153	47	106
Hispanic	808	226	582
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	3	15
White	1,027	305	722
Two More	149	46	103
Un-Known	147	61	86
Non-resident Alien	184	101	83

California State University-Sacramento offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 381 graduate students (13.15% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 920 graduate students (31.76% 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	2,897
Enrolled Online Exclusively	381
Enrolled Some Online Courses	920
Not in Online Courses	1,596

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Sacramento. 814 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.10% of total students), 119 students are aged above 50 (4.11%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Sacramento.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,897	939	1,958
Age 20-21	49	18	31
Age 22-24	765	218	547
Age 25-29	944	336	608
Age 30-34	478	172	306
Age 35-39	238	70	168
Age 40-49	304	97	207
Age 50-64	112	27	85
Over 64	7	1	6

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