Graduate Programs at Fairfield University

Graduate School Overview

Fairfield University (referred to as Fairfield) is a Private, 4 years school located in Fairfield, CT.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1953 - Current).

Fairfield Directory Information
School Name	Fairfield University (Fairfield)
Address	1073 N Benson Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824-5195
Phone	203-254-4000
Web	https://fairfield.edu
Online Application	https://commonapp.org
Financial Info	https://fairfield.edu/undergraduate/financial-aid-and-tuition

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Fairfield is $20,740 in average. The school has 1,262 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 6,019 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 136 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,740
Student Population	1,262
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	136 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Fairfield is $20,740 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $954.

Fairfield offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$20,034
Required Fees	$115
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$954

Fairfield 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)	6 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) 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 Fairfield University is $20,740. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.93% 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	$17,325	$90
2019-2020	$18,795	$95
2020-2021	$19,152	$115
2021-2022	$19,383	$115
2022-2023	$20,034	$115
2023-2024	$20,625	$115

The graduate school tuition & fees of Fairfield is average compared to private graduate schools in Connecticut. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Connecticut graduate tuition is $23,953 (public) / $22,826 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Fairfield University	$20,740
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Connecticut Graduate Schools	$16,963	$21,309
Public	$14,996	$23,953
Private	$22,826

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,405 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Fairfield.

On-campus living costs are increased by 5.01% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,505. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.55% 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	$14,710	$1,730	$14,710	$1,730
2019-2020	$15,150	$1,730	$14,710	$1,730
2020-2021	$15,610	$1,730	$15,025	$1,730
2021-2022	$16,110	$1,730	$16,110	$1,730
2022-2023	$16,750	$1,730	$16,750	$1,730
2023-2024	$17,400	$2,005	$17,500	$2,005

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $982 at Fairfield University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.94% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$825
2019-2020	$895
2020-2021	$912
2021-2022	$923
2022-2023	$954
2023-2024	$982

Graduate Programs at Fairfield

Fairfield University offers 83 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, 552 students have completed their study at Fairfield University.

Offered Degrees at Fairfield University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	47	4	491
Doctor's degree - other	6	0	39
Post Bachelor's Degree	6	0	0
Post Master's Degree	24	2	22
Total	83	6	552

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the School Psychology program with 13 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 106 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Family Practice Nurse/Nursing program with 16 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Fairfield University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
School Psychology	✕	13	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Fairfield University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	106	-
Accounting	✕	58	$63,900
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	26	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	26	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	20	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Fairfield University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	16	-
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	13	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	6	-
Nursing Practice	✕	3	-
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✕	1	-

Fairfield University offers 83 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 552 students have completed their graduate studies.

491 students have earned/completed Master's program.
39 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
22 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
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	84 completers	-
Education	✕	1	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	8	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	7	$48,400
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	26	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	18	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	14	-
Education (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	17	-
Computer Engineering (other)	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	13	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	16	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Data Science, General	✕	14	-
Business Analytics	✕	13	-
Psychology [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	7	-
School Psychology	✕	9	-
Psychology (other)	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Interior Design	✔	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	87 completers	-
Medical Office Management/Administration	✔	1	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	26	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	20	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	11	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	14	-
Nursing Administration	✕	-	-
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	8	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	7	-
Business [+]	✕	184 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	106	-
Accounting	✕	58	$63,900
Finance	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	-	-
Business Statistics	✕	20	-
Taxation	✕	-	-
	Total	491

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✕	1	-
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	13	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	16	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✕	-	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	6	-
Nursing Practice	✕	3	-
	Total	39

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	-	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	9 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
Education (other)	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Taxation	✕	-	-
	Total	22

Graduate Student Population at Fairfield

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,262 students enrolled into Fairfield University graduate schools where it has total 6,019 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 606 full-time and 656 part-time graduate students. By gender, 441 male and 821 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	1,262	441	821
Full-time	606	247	359
Part-tme	656	194	462

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

There are 821 White (65.06%), 74 Black/African American (5.86%), 135 Hispanic (10.70%), 42 Asian (3.33%), and 190 students with other races. 55 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,262	441	821
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	42	20	22
Black/African American	74	19	55
Hispanic	135	48	87
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	821	275	546
Two More	21	7	14
Un-Known	114	40	74
Non-resident Alien	55	32	23

Fairfield University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 162 graduate students (12.84% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 221 graduate students (17.51% 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	1,262
Enrolled Online Exclusively	162
Enrolled Some Online Courses	221
Not in Online Courses	879

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Fairfield University. 445 students are aged 20 to 24 (35.26% of total students), 103 students are aged above 50 (8.16%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Fairfield University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,262	441	821
Age 20-21	27	11	16
Age 22-24	418	177	241
Age 25-29	279	89	190
Age 30-34	174	72	102
Age 35-39	107	32	75
Age 40-49	154	41	113
Age 50-64	93	15	78
Over 64	10	4	6

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