Graduate Programs at Chicago State University

Graduate School Overview

Chicago State University (referred to as CSU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Chicago, IL.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1941 - Current).

CSU Directory Information
School Name	Chicago State University (CSU)
Address	9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60628-1598
Phone	773-995-2000
Web	https://www.csu.edu
Online Application	https://www.csu.edu/admissions/howtoapplynow.htm
Financial Info	https://www.csu.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of CSU is $10,294 for Illinois residents and $16,162 for out-of-state students. The school has 867 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,317 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 73 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$16,162 $10,294 for Illinois Residents
Student Population	867
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	73 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at CSU is $10,294 for Illinois residents and $16,162 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $332 for Illinois residents and $643 for out-of-state students.

CSU offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including tuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Illinois Residents	$10,294
Out-of-State	$16,162
Tuition per Credit Hour
Illinois Residents	$332
Out-of-State	$643

CSU 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)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college 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 Chicago State University is $10,294 for Illinois residents and $16,162 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.75% 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
	Illinois Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$5,850	$3,107	$11,340	$3,107
2019-2020	$5,850	$2,506	$11,340	$2,506
2020-2021	$5,850	$3,716	$11,340	$3,716
2021-2022	$5,850	$3,878	$11,340	$3,878
2022-2023	$5,976	$4,362	$11,679	$4,362
2023-2024	$6,282	$4,012	$12,150	$4,012

The graduate school tuition & fees of CSU is average compared to public graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,738 (public) / $21,100 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Chicago State University	$10,294	$16,162
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,871	$20,166
Public	$11,992	$18,738
Private	$21,100

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,550 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at CSU.

On-campus living costs are decreased by -9.56% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,550. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -9.56% 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	$8,724	$3,900	$8,724	$3,900
2019-2020	$8,724	$4,451	$8,724	$4,451
2020-2021	$8,724	$4,451	$8,724	$4,451
2021-2022	$8,724	$4,451	$8,724	$4,451
2022-2023	$13,800	$4,500	$13,800	$4,500
2023-2024	$11,550	$5,000	$11,550	$5,000

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $331 for Illinois residents and $648 for other students at Chicago State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.78% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Illinois Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$325	$630
2019-2020	$325	$630
2020-2021	$325	$630
2021-2022	$325	$630
2022-2023	$332	$643
2023-2024	$331	$648

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at CSU.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Chicago State University
	Illinois Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$18,342	$4,362	$18,342	$4,362

Graduate Programs at CSU

Chicago State University offers 40 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, 244 students have completed their study at Chicago State University.

Offered Degrees at Chicago State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	27	180
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	4
Doctor's degree - other	1	56
Post Bachelor's Degree	11	4
Total	40	244

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Chicago State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Geography program with 3 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer Science program with 34 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 56 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Chicago State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Geography	✕	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	1	-
Computer Science	✕	-	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Chicago State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer Science	✕	34	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	24	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	17	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	17	-
Social Work	✕	16	$39,200

Popular Doctorate Programs at Chicago State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	56	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-

Chicago State University offers 40 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 244 students have completed their graduate studies.

180 students have earned/completed Master's program.
56 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
4 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	34	-
Education [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	2	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	17	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	7	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	3 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Creative Writing	✕	3	-
Library Science [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	17	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	10	-
Human Services [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Social Work	✕	16	$39,200
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geography	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Public Health	✕	4	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	24	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	10	-
Human Resources Development	✕	5	-
Information Resources Management	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	180

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	56	-
	Total	56

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 [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	1	-
Library Science [+]	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	-	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	4

Graduate Student Population at CSU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 867 students enrolled into Chicago State University graduate schools where it has total 2,317 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 461 full-time and 406 part-time graduate students. By gender, 275 male and 592 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	867	275	592
Full-time	461	159	302
Part-tme	406	116	290

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

There are 94 White (10.84%), 504 Black/African American (58.13%), 26 Hispanic (3.00%), 29 Asian (3.34%), and 214 students with other races. 123 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	867	275	592
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	29	19	10
Black/African American	504	117	387
Hispanic	26	8	18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	94	34	60
Two More	19	1	18
Un-Known	71	20	51
Non-resident Alien	123	76	47

Chicago State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 187 graduate students (21.57% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 228 graduate students (26.30% 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	867
Enrolled Online Exclusively	187
Enrolled Some Online Courses	228
Not in Online Courses	452

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