Graduate Programs at Framingham State University

Graduate School Overview

Framingham State University (referred to as Framingham State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Framingham, MA. Framingham State University is a historically black school. Framingham State University is a tribal college. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1950 - Current).

Framingham State Directory Information
School Name	Framingham State University (Framingham State)
Address	100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01701-9101
Phone	508-620-1220
Web	https://www.framingham.edu
Online Application	https://www.framingham.edu/admissions-and-aid/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/index
Financial Info	https://www.framingham.edu/admissions-and-aid/financial-aid/index

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Framingham State University is $12,090 for Massachusetts residents and $17,460 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,141 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 4,111 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 75 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 1 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,460 $12,090 for Massachusetts Residents
Student Population	1,141
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	75 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Framingham State University is $12,090 for Massachusetts residents and $17,460 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $496 for Massachusetts residents and $720 for out-of-state students.

Framingham State University offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Framingham 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)	1 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad 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 Framingham State University is $12,090 for Massachusetts residents and $17,460 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
	Massachusetts Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$1,675	$9,365	$7,050	$9,365
2019-2020	$1,680	$10,130	$7,050	$10,130
2020-2021	$1,680	$10,230	$7,050	$10,230
2021-2022	$1,680	$10,410	$7,050	$10,410
2022-2023	$1,680	$10,410	$7,050	$10,410

The graduate school tuition & fees of Framingham State is average compared to public graduate schools in Massachusetts. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the Massachusetts graduate tuition is $19,750 (public) / $30,247 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Framingham State University	$12,090	$17,460
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Massachusetts Graduate Schools	$24,582	$28,108
Public	$14,054	$19,750
Private	$30,247

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,540 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Framingham State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 0.78% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $15,540. Off-campus living costs are increased by 0.78% 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	$12,210	$3,580	$12,210	$3,580
2019-2020	$12,604	$2,380	$12,604	$2,380
2020-2021	$12,920	$2,380	$12,920	$2,380
2021-2022	$13,040	$2,380	$13,040	$2,380
2022-2023	$13,160	$2,380	$13,160	$2,380

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $496 for Massachusetts residents and $720 for other students at Framingham State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Massachusetts Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$483	$707
2019-2020	$485	$709
2020-2021	$496	$720
2021-2022	$496	$720
2022-2023	$496	$720

Graduate Programs at Framingham State

Framingham State University offers 36 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, 530 students have completed their study at Framingham State University.

Offered Degrees at Framingham State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	26	500
Post Bachelor's Degree	9	30
Post Master's Degree	1	0
Total	36	530

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Education (other) program with 16 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Education (other) program with 175 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Framingham State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	1	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Framingham State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✕	175	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	72	-
Nursing Education	✕	49	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	26	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	25	-

Framingham State University offers 36 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 530 students have completed their graduate studies.

500 students have earned/completed Master's program.
30 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 [+]	✕	340 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	25	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	7	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	17	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	14	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	4	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	72	-
Education (other)	✕	175	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	✕	1	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	12	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	26	-
Human Services [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	76 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	5	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	22	-
Nursing Education	✕	49	-
Business [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	14	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	1	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	6	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	2	-
	Total	500

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Education (other)	✕	16	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biotechnology	✕	0	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
	Total	30

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Nursing Education	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Framingham State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,282 students enrolled into Framingham State University graduate schools where it has total 4,111 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 104 full-time and 1,178 part-time graduate students. By gender, 295 male and 987 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	1,282	295	987
Full-time	104	32	72
Part-tme	1,178	263	915

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

There are 886 White (69.11%), 59 Black/African American (4.60%), 140 Hispanic (10.92%), 73 Asian (5.69%), and 124 students with other races. 13 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,282	295	987
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	73	11	62
Black/African American	59	15	44
Hispanic	140	32	108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	2	13
White	886	199	687
Two More	17	8	9
Un-Known	78	25	53
Non-resident Alien	13	3	10

Framingham State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,166 graduate students (90.95% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 60 graduate students (4.68% 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	1,282
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,166
Enrolled Some Online Courses	60
Not in Online Courses	56

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Framingham State University. 112 students are aged 20 to 24 (8.74% of total students), 185 students are aged above 50 (14.43%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Framingham State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,282	295	987
Age 20-21	1	0	1
Age 22-24	111	15	96
Age 25-29	287	61	226
Age 30-34	241	64	177
Age 35-39	194	62	132
Age 40-49	263	60	203
Age 50-64	178	33	145
Over 64	7	0	7

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