Graduate Programs at Heritage Christian University

Graduate School Overview

Heritage Christian University (referred to as Heritage Christian) is a Private, 4 years school located in Florence, AL.

The school is accredited by The Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation (1/1/1988 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Heritage Christian Directory Information
School Name	Heritage Christian University (Heritage Christian)
Address	3625 Helton Dr, Florence, AL 35630-9977
Phone	256-766-6610
Web	https://www.hcu.edu
Online Application	https://www.hcu.edu/admissions/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.hcu.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Heritage Christian is $5,742 in average. The school has 61 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 143 including undergraduate students.Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$5,742
Student Population	61
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	4 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Heritage Christian is $5,742 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $249.

Heritage Christian offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$4,482
Required Fees	$630
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$249

Heritage Christian 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)	4 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad
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 Heritage Christian University is $5,742. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 12.32% 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	$4,482	$630
2019-2020	$4,482	$630
2020-2021	$4,482	$630
2021-2022	$4,482	$630
2022-2023	$4,482	$630
2023-2024	$4,482	$1,260

The graduate school tuition & fees of Heritage Christian is very inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $21,404 (public) / $13,479 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Heritage Christian University	$5,742
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Alabama Graduate Schools	$11,128	$16,835
Public	$10,239	$21,404
Private	$13,479

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $12,331 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Heritage Christian.

On-campus living costs are increased by 16.75% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,737. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.79% 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	$5,745	$2,718	$11,574	$3,573
2019-2020	$5,745	$3,186	$12,663	$4,428
2020-2021	$5,745	$2,466	$13,932	$3,897
2021-2022	$5,822	$2,529	$14,490	$4,005
2022-2023	$6,540	$2,565	$14,940	$4,077
2023-2024	$7,561	$3,069	$14,967	$4,770

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $280 at Heritage Christian University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 12.45% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$249
2019-2020	$249
2020-2021	$249
2021-2022	$249
2022-2023	$249
2023-2024	$280

Graduate Programs at Heritage Christian

Heritage Christian University offers 2 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 6 students have completed their study at Heritage Christian University.

Offered Degrees at Heritage Christian University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	2	2	6
Total	2	2	6

The most popular program at Heritage Christian University is the Divinity/Ministry program and last year 6 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Heritage Christian University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	-	-

Heritage Christian University offers 2 programs through Master's. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 6 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	6 completers	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at Heritage Christian

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 61 students enrolled into Heritage Christian University graduate schools where it has total 143 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 11 full-time and 50 part-time graduate students. By gender, 54 male and 7 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	61	54	7
Full-time	11	10	1
Part-tme	50	44	6

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

There are 51 White (83.61%), 6 Black/African American (9.84%), 4 Asian (6.56%), and 0 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	61	54	7
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	4	4	0
Black/African American	6	5	1
Hispanic	0	0	0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	51	45	6
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Heritage Christian University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 54 graduate students (88.52% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 6 graduate students (9.84% 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	61
Enrolled Online Exclusively	54
Enrolled Some Online Courses	6
Not in Online Courses	1

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Heritage Christian University. 4 students are aged 20 to 24 (6.56% of total students), 19 students are aged above 50 (31.15%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Heritage Christian University.