Catholic Distance University Graduate Schools

Catholic Distance University (referred to as CDU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Charles Town, WV. Catholic Distance University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Theological seminaries, Bible college, and other faith-related institution school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,450 in average. The school has 91 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 173 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is pre-accredited by Higher Learning Commission (11/1/2018 - Current).

CDU Directory Information
School Name	Catholic Distance University (CDU)
Address	300 S. George Street, Charles Town, WV 25414
Phone	888-254-4238
Web	https://www.cdu.edu
Online Application	https://cdu.edu/apply-to-a-program
Financial Info	https://cdu.edu/federal-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,450 in average. The school has 91 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 173 including undergraduate students.Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$9,450
Student Population	91
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	3 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,450 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $478.

Catholic Distance University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Catholic Distance University 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	6 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Catholic Distance University is $9,450. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.83% 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
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$8,100	$640
2019-2020	$8,100	$720
2020-2021	$8,100	$820
2021-2022	$8,370	$820
2022-2023	$8,550	$900

The graduate school tuition & fees of CDU is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in West Virginia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the West Virginia graduate tuition is $18,247 (public) / $12,719 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Catholic Distance University	$9,450
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
West Virginia Graduate Schools	$11,146	$14,644
Public	$9,243	$18,247
Private	$12,719

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $478 at Catholic Distance University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.80% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$505
2019-2020	$450
2020-2021	$450
2021-2022	$465
2022-2023	$478

Graduate Programs at CDU

Catholic Distance University offers 2 graduate programs for Master's 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, 23 students have completed their study at Catholic Distance University.

Offered Degrees at Catholic Distance University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	1	1	18
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	5
Total	2	2	23

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Catholic Distance University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 6 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 18 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Catholic Distance University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	6	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at Catholic Distance University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	18	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	17	-

Catholic Distance University offers 2 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 23 students have completed their graduate studies.

18 students have earned/completed Master's program.
5 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's
Post-Bachelor's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	18 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	18	-
	Total	18

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	5 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	5	-
	Total	5

Graduate Student Population at CDU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 91 students enrolled into Catholic Distance University graduate schools where it has total 173 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 7 full-time and 84 part-time graduate students. By gender, 50 male and 41 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	91	50	41
Full-time	7	3	4
Part-tme	84	47	37

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

There are 68 White (74.73%), 3 Black/African American (3.30%), 8 Hispanic (8.79%), 6 Asian (6.59%), and 6 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	91	50	41
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	6	4	2
Black/African American	3	1	2
Hispanic	8	3	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	68	40	28
Two More	4	0	4
Un-Known	2	2	0
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Catholic Distance University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. Catholic Distance University is an online completely school so all students are enrolled in online degree programs.

Distance Learning Student Population
Number of Graduate Students

Total 91

Enrolled Online Exclusively 91

Enrolled Some Online Courses 0

Not in Online Courses 0

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	91
Enrolled Online Exclusively	91
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Catholic Distance University. 3 students are aged 20 to 24 (3.30% of total students), 44 students are aged above 50 (48.35%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Catholic Distance University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
Total Male Female

Total 91 50 41
Age 22-24 3 2 1
Age 25-29 8 4 4
Age 30-34 6 3 3
Age 35-39 6 3 3
Age 40-49 22 13 9
Age 50-64 33 18 15
Over 64 11 6 5
Age Un-Known 2 1 1

	Total	Male	Female
Total	91	50	41
Age 22-24	3	2	1
Age 25-29	8	4	4
Age 30-34	6	3	3
Age 35-39	6	3	3
Age 40-49	22	13	9
Age 50-64	33	18	15
Over 64	11	6	5
Age Un-Known	2	1	1

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