Graduate Programs at Jacksonville State University

Graduate School Overview

Jacksonville State University (referred to as Jacksonville State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Jacksonville, AL. 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 and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1935 - Current).

Jacksonville State Directory Information
School Name	Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville State)
Address	700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, AL 36265
Phone	256-782-5781
Web	https://www.jsu.edu
Online Application	https://www.jsu.edu/undergraduate/apply/index.html
Financial Info	https://www.jsu.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Jacksonville State University is $10,840 for Alabama residents and $20,680 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,322 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,632 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 78 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 24 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,680 $10,840 for Alabama Residents
Student Population	1,322
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	78 graduate programs (24 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Jacksonville State University is $10,840 for Alabama residents and $20,680 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $410 for Alabama residents and $820 for out-of-state students.

Jacksonville State University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Jacksonville 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)	24 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 Jacksonville State University is $10,840 for Alabama residents and $20,680 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.38% 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
	Alabama Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,168	$912	$18,336	$912
2019-2020	$9,600	$1,000	$19,200	$1,000
2020-2021	$9,600	$1,000	$19,200	$1,000
2021-2022	$9,600	$1,000	$19,200	$1,000
2022-2023	$9,840	$1,000	$19,680	$1,000

The graduate school tuition & fees of Jacksonville State is average compared to public graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $20,935 (public) / $13,831 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Jacksonville State University	$10,840	$20,680
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Alabama Graduate Schools	$10,966	$16,792
Public	$9,892	$20,935
Private	$13,831

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $11,958 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Jacksonville State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 7.01% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,290. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.42% 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	$7,494	$2,339	$8,566	$3,680
2019-2020	$8,000	$1,507	$11,367	$2,753
2020-2021	$8,110	$2,003	$9,648	$2,692
2021-2022	$8,320	$1,997	$9,927	$2,680
2022-2023	$8,640	$2,400	$9,972	$3,318

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $410 for Alabama residents and $820 for other students at Jacksonville State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.50% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alabama Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$382	$764
2019-2020	$400	$800
2020-2021	$400	$800
2021-2022	$400	$800
2022-2023	$410	$820

Graduate Programs at Jacksonville State

Jacksonville State University offers 38 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, 600 students have completed their study at Jacksonville State University.

Offered Degrees at Jacksonville State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	30	14	492
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	7
Doctor's degree - other	1	1	36
Post Bachelor's Degree	3	2	8
Post Master's Degree	3	2	57
Total	38	20	600

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Education program with 41 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management program with 54 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Practice program with 36 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Jacksonville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	41	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	13	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	5	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	3	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Jacksonville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	54	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	41	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	37	-
Social Work	✕	37	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	36	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Jacksonville State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Practice	✔	36	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	7	-

Jacksonville State University offers 38 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 600 students have completed their graduate studies.

492 students have earned/completed Master's program.
36 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
8 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
57 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✔	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	172 completers	$58,000
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	27	$54,800
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	11	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	18	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	16	$39,500
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	36	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	19	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✔	20	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✔	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	12 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	15	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	23	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	0	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	66 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	12	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	54	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	52 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	15	-
Social Work	✕	37	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	6	-
Music	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	65 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	37	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✔	28	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	41	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	492

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔	7 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	7	-
	Total	7

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	36 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✔	36	-
	Total	36

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-
	Total	8

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	57 completers	-
Education	✕	41	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	13	-
	Total	57

Graduate Student Population at Jacksonville State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,473 students enrolled into Jacksonville State University graduate schools where it has total 9,632 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 456 full-time and 1,017 part-time graduate students. By gender, 474 male and 999 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	1,473	474	999
Full-time	456	149	307
Part-tme	1,017	325	692

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

There are 1,008 White (68.43%), 325 Black/African American (22.06%), 7 Hispanic (0.48%), 9 Asian (0.61%), and 124 students with other races. 44 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,473	474	999
American Indian/Native American	7	1	6
Asian	9	3	6
Black/African American	325	92	233
Hispanic	7	0	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,008	327	681
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	73	30	43
Non-resident Alien	44	21	23

Jacksonville State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 998 graduate students (67.75% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 316 graduate students (21.45% 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	1,473
Enrolled Online Exclusively	998
Enrolled Some Online Courses	316
Not in Online Courses	159

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Jacksonville State University. 337 students are aged 20 to 24 (22.88% of total students), 110 students are aged above 50 (7.47%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Jacksonville State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,473	474	999
Age 20-21	14	4	10
Age 22-24	323	118	205
Age 25-29	340	114	226
Age 30-34	213	62	151
Age 35-39	182	57	125
Age 40-49	291	83	208
Age 50-64	107	35	72
Over 64	3	1	2

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