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 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,190 in average. The school has 103 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 180 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 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,190 in average. The school has 103 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 180 including undergraduate students.Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2022 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$9,190
Student Population	103
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	4 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Catholic Distance University is $9,190 in average for the academic year 2021-2022. The tuition per credit hour is $465.

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	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2022 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2021-2022, the graduate school tuition & fees of Catholic Distance University is $9,190. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.03% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2021-2022 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2017-2018	$8,100	$640
2018-2019	$8,100	$640
2019-2020	$8,100	$720
2020-2021	$8,100	$820
2021-2022	$8,370	$820

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 $19,204 and the West Virginia graduate tuition is $16,629 (public) / $12,489 (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	$9,190
All Graduate Schools	$15,958	$19,204
Public	$11,320	$20,434
Private	$19,234
West Virginia Graduate Schools	$10,948	$13,940
Public	$8,706	$16,629
Private	$12,489

For academic year 2021-2022, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $465 at Catholic Distance University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.33% compared to previous academic year.

2021-2022 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2017-2018	$505
2018-2019	$505
2019-2020	$450
2020-2021	$450
2021-2022	$465

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 academic year 2021-2022, total 103 students enrolled into Catholic Distance University graduate schools where it has total 180 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 5 full-time and 98 part-time graduate students. By gender, 55 male and 48 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	103	55	48
Full-time	5	1	4
Part-tme	98	54	44

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

There are 72 White (69.90%), 3 Black/African American (2.91%), 13 Hispanic (12.62%), 3 Asian (2.91%), and 12 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	103	55	48
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	3	3	0
Black/African American	3	1	2
Hispanic	13	6	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	72	41	31
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	12	4	8
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 103

Enrolled Online Exclusively 103

Enrolled Some Online Courses 0

Not in Online Courses 0