Graduate Programs at Hood College

Graduate School Overview

Hood College (referred to as Hood) is a Private, 4 years school located in Frederick, MD. 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 Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1922 - Current).

Hood Directory Information
School Name	Hood College (Hood)
Address	401 Rosemont Ave, Frederick, MD 21701
Phone	301-663-3131
Web	https://www.hood.edu
Online Application	https://www.hood.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.hood.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Hood College is $9,270 in average. The school has 878 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,095 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 66 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 11 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$9,270
Student Population	878
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	66 graduate programs (11 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Hood College is $9,270 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $500.

Hood College offers the alternative tuition plans.

Hood College 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, remedial services, 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)	11 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial 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 Hood College is $9,270. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.09% 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	$8,550	$230
2019-2020	$8,820	$250
2020-2021	$8,820	$250
2021-2022	$8,820	$260
2022-2023	$9,000	$270

The graduate school tuition & fees of Hood is inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Maryland. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Maryland graduate tuition is $19,924 (public) / $18,096 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Hood College	$9,270
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Maryland Graduate Schools	$14,822	$18,640
Public	$12,804	$19,924
Private	$18,096

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $17,094 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Hood College. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.92% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,386. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.77% 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	$12,700	$3,168	$11,822	$3,168
2019-2020	$12,880	$3,262	$12,066	$3,262
2020-2021	$13,010	$3,318	$12,272	$3,318
2021-2022	$13,200	$3,366	$12,578	$3,366
2022-2023	$13,600	$3,450	$12,892	$3,494

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $500 at Hood College. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.04% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$475
2019-2020	$490
2020-2021	$490
2021-2022	$490
2022-2023	$500

Graduate Programs at Hood

Hood College offers 33 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, 298 students have completed their study at Hood College.

Offered Degrees at Hood College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	19	7	201
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	7
Post Bachelor's Degree	13	4	90
Total	33	11	298

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Hood College by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 55 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Biomedical Sciences program with 29 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Organizational Leadership program with 11 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Hood College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	55	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	43	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	21	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	18	-
Information Technology Project Management	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at Hood College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biomedical Sciences	✕	29	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	28	$74,400
Biomedical Sciences	✕	26	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	26	$67,400
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	24	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Hood College
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Organizational Leadership	✕	11	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	7	-

Hood College offers 33 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 298 students have completed their graduate studies.

201 students have earned/completed Master's program.
90 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	12	-
Computer Science	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	17	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	11	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	52 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	15	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	26	$67,400
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	✔	3	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	2	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✔	6	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (other)	✕	7	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✔	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	29	-
Bioinformatics	✕	5	-
Environmental Biology	✕	11	-
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Psychology (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	16	-
Business [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	22	$74,400
	Total	201

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	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 [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	18	-
Information Technology Project Management	✕	10	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	48 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	5	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	43	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✔	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Bioinformatics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Psychology (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	2	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Finance	✕	0	-
	Total	90

Graduate Student Population at Hood

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 878 students enrolled into Hood College graduate schools where it has total 2,095 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 154 full-time and 724 part-time graduate students. By gender, 271 male and 607 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	878	271	607
Full-time	154	60	94
Part-tme	724	211	513

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

There are 550 White (62.64%), 107 Black/African American (12.19%), 50 Hispanic (5.69%), 40 Asian (4.56%), and 131 students with other races. 73 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	878	271	607
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	40	5	35
Black/African American	107	30	77
Hispanic	50	15	35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	550	164	386
Two More	37	11	26
Un-Known	21	8	13
Non-resident Alien	73	38	35

Hood College offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 348 graduate students (39.64% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 179 graduate students (20.39% 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	878
Enrolled Online Exclusively	348
Enrolled Some Online Courses	179
Not in Online Courses	351

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Hood College. 129 students are aged 20 to 24 (14.69% of total students), 91 students are aged above 50 (10.36%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Hood College.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	878	271	607
Age 20-21	5	2	3
Age 22-24	124	38	86
Age 25-29	239	74	165
Age 30-34	160	63	97
Age 35-39	111	36	75
Age 40-49	148	38	110
Age 50-64	84	17	67
Over 64	7	3	4

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