Graduate Programs at Fayetteville State University

Graduate School Overview

Fayetteville State University (referred to as Fayetteville State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Fayetteville, NC. Fayetteville State University is a historically black school. It is classified as a Master's College and University (medium programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1947 - Current).

Fayetteville State Directory Information
School Name	Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville State)
Address	1200 Murchison Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
Phone	910-672-1111
Web	https://www.uncfsu.edu
Online Application	https://www2.cfnc.org/exclusive.html#/applicationlogin/FSU/UNC/FSUUndergradApp
Financial Info	https://www.uncfsu.edu/paying-for-college

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Fayetteville State University is $6,136 for North Carolina residents and $17,201 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,039 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 6,787 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 62 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 31 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,201 $6,136 for North Carolina Residents
Student Population	1,039
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	62 graduate programs (31 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Fayetteville State University is $6,136 for North Carolina residents and $17,201 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $341 for North Carolina residents and $956 for out-of-state students.

Fayetteville State University offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

Fayetteville 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, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	31 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 Fayetteville State University is $6,136 for North Carolina residents and $17,201 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.78% 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
	North Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$3,438	$2,267	$14,503	$2,267
2019-2020	$3,438	$2,292	$14,503	$2,292
2020-2021	$3,438	$2,327	$14,503	$2,327
2021-2022	$3,438	$2,397	$14,503	$2,397
2022-2023	$3,438	$2,698	$14,503	$2,698

The graduate school tuition & fees of Fayetteville State is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in North Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the North Carolina graduate tuition is $22,206 (public) / $16,286 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Fayetteville State University	$6,136	$17,201
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
North Carolina Graduate Schools	$12,434	$17,968
Public	$8,258	$22,206
Private	$16,286

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $12,930 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Fayetteville State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 9.33% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $12,556. Off-campus living costs are increased by 20.07% 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	$8,627	$2,426	$8,627	$2,426
2019-2020	$9,440	$2,387	$8,070	$2,387
2020-2021	$9,440	$2,387	$8,070	$2,387
2021-2022	$9,440	$2,387	$8,070	$2,387
2022-2023	$9,440	$3,490	$9,066	$3,490

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $341 for North Carolina residents and $956 for other students at Fayetteville State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.81% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	North Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$189	$441
2019-2020	$205	$458
2020-2021	$209	$461
2021-2022	$324	$939
2022-2023	$341	$956

Graduate Programs at Fayetteville State

Fayetteville State University offers 28 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, 331 students have completed their study at Fayetteville State University.

Offered Degrees at Fayetteville State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	8	5	252
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	7
Post Bachelor's Degree	19	11	72
Total	28	16	331

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Project Management program with 27 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 154 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 19 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Fayetteville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Project Management	✔	27	-
Social Work	✔	18	-
Social Work	✔	13	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	10	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at Fayetteville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	154	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	99	-
Social Work	✕	37	$40,500
Social Work	✕	32	$40,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	22	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Fayetteville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	19	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-

Fayetteville State University offers 28 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 331 students have completed their graduate studies.

252 students have earned/completed Master's program.
72 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
Education [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	14	$49,200
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	22	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Psychology	✔	8	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Social Work	✕	37	$40,500
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Sociology	✔	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	154 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	154	-
	Total	252

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-
	Total	7

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Computer Science	✔	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	10	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	0	-
Social Science Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	0	-
Education (other)	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	0	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (2 completers)	1 completers	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	1	-
Psychology (other)	✔	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Social Work	✕	18	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Sociology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist	✔	1	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	41 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	10	-
Project Management	✔	27	-
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (other)	✔	4	-
	Total	72

Graduate Student Population at Fayetteville State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,191 students enrolled into Fayetteville State University graduate schools where it has total 6,787 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 471 full-time and 720 part-time graduate students. By gender, 387 male and 804 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	1,191	387	804
Full-time	471	117	354
Part-tme	720	270	450

Fayetteville State University is a historically black school and 680 (57.09% of total students) students are Black/African American at Fayetteville State University. There are 304 White (25.52%), 67 Hispanic (5.63%), 30 Asian (2.52%), and 110 students with other races. 18 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,191	387	804
American Indian/Native American	10	1	9
Asian	30	15	15
Black/African American	680	178	502
Hispanic	67	27	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	304	127	177
Two More	36	10	26
Un-Known	43	19	24
Non-resident Alien	18	8	10

Fayetteville State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 891 graduate students (74.81% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 150 graduate students (12.59% 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	1,191
Enrolled Online Exclusively	891
Enrolled Some Online Courses	150
Not in Online Courses	150

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Fayetteville State University. 144 students are aged 20 to 24 (12.09% of total students), 152 students are aged above 50 (12.76%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Fayetteville State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,191	387	804
Age 20-21	15	0	15
Age 22-24	129	33	96
Age 25-29	199	57	142
Age 30-34	200	74	126
Age 35-39	182	68	114
Age 40-49	314	109	205
Age 50-64	145	42	103
Over 64	7	4	3

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