Graduate Programs at Emporia State University

Graduate School Overview

Emporia State University (referred to as ESU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Emporia, KS. 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 - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1915 - Current[Estimated Date]).

ESU Directory Information
School Name	Emporia State University (ESU)
Address	1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, KS 66801-5415
Phone	620-341-1200
Web	https://www.emporia.edu
Online Application	https://www.emporia.edu/admissions/apply
Financial Info	https://www.emporia.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Emporia State University is $8,532 for Kansas residents and $18,353 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,584 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 5,324 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 100 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,353 $8,532 for Kansas Residents
Student Population	2,584
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	100 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Emporia State University is $8,532 for Kansas residents and $18,353 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $273 for Kansas residents and $682 for out-of-state students.

Emporia State University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Emporia State 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, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Emporia State University is $8,532 for Kansas residents and $18,353 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same 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
	Kansas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$6,328	$2,136	$19,403	$2,136
2019-2020	$6,394	$2,183	$19,888	$2,183
2020-2021	$6,547	$1,693	$20,365	$1,693
2021-2022	$6,547	$1,985	$16,368	$1,985
2022-2023	$6,547	$1,985	$16,368	$1,985

The graduate school tuition & fees of ESU is average compared to public graduate schools in Kansas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Kansas graduate tuition is $19,074 (public) / $11,074 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Emporia State University	$8,532	$18,353
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Kansas Graduate Schools	$10,506	$12,913
Public	$8,793	$19,074
Private	$11,074

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $13,658 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Emporia State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 1.83% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,658. Off-campus living costs are increased by 1.83% 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	$8,910	$3,420	$8,910	$3,420
2019-2020	$9,408	$3,518	$9,408	$3,518
2020-2021	$9,534	$3,498	$9,534	$3,498
2021-2022	$9,534	$3,878	$9,534	$3,878
2022-2023	$9,308	$4,350	$9,308	$4,350

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $273 for Kansas residents and $682 for other students at Emporia State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Kansas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$260	$808
2019-2020	$266	$829
2020-2021	$273	$849
2021-2022	$273	$682
2022-2023	$273	$682

Graduate Programs at ESU

Emporia State University offers 49 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, 1,290 students have completed their study at Emporia State University.

Offered Degrees at Emporia State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	31	1,206
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	4
Post Bachelor's Degree	16	42
Post Master's Degree	1	38
Total	49	1,290

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the School Psychology program with 38 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Curriculum and Instruction program with 241 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Library and Information Science program with 4 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Emporia State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
School Psychology	✕	38	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	10	-
Library Science (other)	✕	7	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	7	-

Popular Master's Programs at Emporia State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	241	$45,400
Library and Information Science	✕	177	$37,900
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	170	$50,600
Business Administration and Management	✕	147	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	83	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Emporia State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library and Information Science	✕	4	-

Emporia State University offers 49 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 1,290 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,206 students have earned/completed Master's program.
42 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
38 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	4	-
Informatics	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	669 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	241	$45,400
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	170	$50,600
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	19	$45,000
Special Education and Teaching	✕	56	$44,500
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	32	$43,900
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	16	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	3	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	26	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	83	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	21 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	21	-
Library Science [+]	✕	177 completers	$37,900
Library and Information Science	✕	177	$37,900
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	35	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Psychology	✕	8	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	6	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	1	-
School Psychology	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	10	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Music	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	21	-
Art Therapy/Therapist	✕	7	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	214 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	147	-
Accounting	✕	67	-
History [+]	✕	10 completers	-
History	✕	10	-
	Total	1,206

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library Science [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	10	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	7	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Library Science [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	0	-
Children and Youth Library Services	✕	0	-
Archives/Archival Administration	✕	0	-
Library Science (other)	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Educational Psychology	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
	Total	42

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	38 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	38	-
	Total	38

Graduate Student Population at ESU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,667 students enrolled into Emporia State University graduate schools where it has total 5,324 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 551 full-time and 2,116 part-time graduate students. By gender, 785 male and 1,882 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	2,667	785	1,882
Full-time	551	163	388
Part-tme	2,116	622	1,494

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

There are 1,838 White (68.92%), 89 Black/African American (3.34%), 109 Hispanic (4.09%), 52 Asian (1.95%), and 579 students with other races. 150 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,667	785	1,882
American Indian/Native American	12	3	9
Asian	52	20	32
Black/African American	89	42	47
Hispanic	109	39	70
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,838	486	1,352
Two More	64	20	44
Un-Known	353	96	257
Non-resident Alien	150	79	71

Emporia State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,375 graduate students (89.05% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 119 graduate students (4.46% 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	2,667
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,375
Enrolled Some Online Courses	119
Not in Online Courses	173

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Emporia State University. 432 students are aged 20 to 24 (16.20% of total students), 225 students are aged above 50 (8.44%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Emporia State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,667	785	1,882
Age 20-21	22	4	18
Age 22-24	410	120	290
Age 25-29	684	209	475
Age 30-34	434	146	288
Age 35-39	390	129	261
Age 40-49	490	123	367
Age 50-64	202	41	161
Over 64	23	8	15
Age Un-Known	12	5	7

Similar Schools to ESU

Compare similar schools to Emporia State University with admission, tuition, and more academic facts.

WSU

ESU vs. WSU

Wichita State University (WSU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Wichita, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $7,562 for Kansas residents and $15,633 for out-of-state students. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 4,167 and it offers total 233 graduate programs(13 online programs).

view school

ESU vs. SC

Southwestern College (SC) is a Private, 4 years school located in Winfield, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $13,320 in average. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 107 and it offers total 81 graduate programs(40 online programs).

view school

Saint Mary

ESU vs. Saint Mary

University of Saint Mary (Saint Mary) is a Private, 4 years school located in Leavenworth, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $11,232 in average. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 364 and it offers total 42 graduate programs(1 online programs).

view school

Pitt State

ESU vs. Pitt State

Pittsburg State University (Pitt State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Pittsburg, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $8,758 for Kansas residents and $19,590 for out-of-state students. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 1,369 and it offers total 108 graduate programs(10 online programs).

view school

MidAmerica Nazarene

ESU vs. MidAmerica Nazarene

MidAmerica Nazarene University (MidAmerica Nazarene) is a Private, 4 years school located in Olathe, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $13,253 in average. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 349 and it offers total 77 graduate programs(9 online programs).

view school

K-State

ESU vs. K-State

Kansas State University (K-State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Manhattan, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $11,253 for Kansas residents and $23,977 for out-of-state students. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 4,676 and it offers total 339 graduate programs(19 online programs).

view school

Newman

ESU vs. Newman

Newman University (Newman) is a Private, 4 years school located in Wichita, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $8,484 in average. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 404 and it offers total 57 graduate programs(4 online programs).

view school

ESU vs. KU

University of Kansas (KU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Lawrence, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $11,046 for Kansas residents and $25,008 for out-of-state students. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 7,467 and it offers total 442 graduate programs(59 online programs).

view school

FHSU

ESU vs. FHSU

Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Hays, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $4,503 for Kansas residents and $11,376 for out-of-state students. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 2,522 and it offers total 81 graduate programs(43 online programs).

view school

ESU vs. BU

Baker University (BU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Baldwin City, KS. The 2023 graduate program tuition & fees is $12,246 in average. The school has a total graduate enrollment of 596 and it offers total 60 graduate programs(19 online programs).

view school

Emporia State University Graduate Schools

Graduate School Overview

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

Graduate Programs at ESU

Graduate Student Population at ESU

Similar Schools to ESU

Kansas Best Graduate Schools