Graduate Programs at Medical University of South Carolina

Graduate School Overview

Medical University of South Carolina (referred to as MUSC) is a Public, 4 years school located in Charleston, SC.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1971 - Current).

MUSC Directory Information
School Name	Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Address	179 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone	843-792-2300
Web	https://www.musc.edu
Online Application	https://education.musc.edu/admissions/ready-to-apply
Financial Info	https://education.musc.edu/students/enrollment/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of MUSC is $17,574 for South Carolina residents and $25,568 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,875 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,175 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 49 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 5 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,568 $17,574 for South Carolina Residents
Student Population	2,875
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	49 graduate programs (5 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at MUSC is $17,574 for South Carolina residents and $25,568 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $807 for South Carolina residents and $1,341 for out-of-state students.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
South Carolina Residents	$17,574
Out-of-State	$25,568
Tuition per Credit Hour
South Carolina Residents	$807
Out-of-State	$1,341

MUSC 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	5 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Medical University of South Carolina is $17,574 for South Carolina residents and $25,568 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -0.41% 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
	South Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$16,333	$924	$22,564	$924
2019-2020	$16,333	$1,385	$23,423	$1,385
2020-2021	$16,333	$1,369	$24,304	$1,369
2021-2022	$16,333	$1,369	$24,304	$1,369
2022-2023	$16,333	$1,369	$24,304	$1,369
2023-2024	$16,141	$1,433	$24,135	$1,433

The graduate school tuition & fees of MUSC is average compared to public graduate schools in South Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the South Carolina graduate tuition is $25,895 (public) / $15,156 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Medical University of South Carolina	$17,574	$25,568
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
South Carolina Graduate Schools	$13,505	$20,143
Public	$13,303	$25,895
Private	$15,156

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $801 for South Carolina residents and $1,336 for other students at Medical University of South Carolina. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -0.37% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	South Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$807	$1,214
2019-2020	$807	$1,276
2020-2021	$807	$1,341
2021-2022	$807	$1,341
2022-2023	$807	$1,341
2023-2024	$801	$1,336

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $27,076 for South Carolina residents and $46,819 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at MUSC.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Medical University of South Carolina
	South Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Dentistry	$34,300	$20,561	$60,000	$20,561
Medicine	$25,978	$1,098	$45,721	$1,098
Pharmacy	$25,965	$121	$25,965	$121

Graduate Programs at MUSC

Medical University of South Carolina offers 47 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, 886 students have completed their study at Medical University of South Carolina.

Offered Degrees at Medical University of South Carolina
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	19	2	324
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	17	1	254
Doctor's degree - other	5	0	299
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	2	2
Post Master's Degree	2	0	7
Total	47	5	886

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Medical University of South Carolina by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing program with 7 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Physician Assistant program with 85 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 153 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Medical University of South Carolina
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	7	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Health Occupations Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Medical University of South Carolina
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physician Assistant	✕	85	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	61	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	58	-
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	✕	31	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	29	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Medical University of South Carolina
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	153	-
Dentistry	✕	76	-
Pharmacy	✕	70	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	63	-
Nursing Practice	✔	58	-

Medical University of South Carolina offers 47 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 886 students have completed their graduate studies.

324 students have earned/completed Master's program.
299 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
2 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
7 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
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	29	-
Biochemistry	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	3	-
Epidemiology	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	286 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	-	-
Advanced General Dentistry	✕	7	-
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology	✕	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	58	-
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	✕	31	-
Physician Assistant	✕	85	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	✔	-	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	1	-
Medical Scientist	✕	18	-
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	✕	-	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	7	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	✕	-	-
Medical Informatics	✕	18	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	61	-
	Total	324

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	6	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (other)	✕	3	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	2	-
Pharmacology	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	4	-
Bioinformatics	✕	1	-
Epidemiology	✕	2	-
Neuroscience	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	233 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	20	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	3	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	55	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	63	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	✕	2	-
Medical Informatics	✕	1	-
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	28	-
Nursing Science	✕	3	-
Nursing Practice	✔	58	-
	Total	254

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	299 completers	-
Dentistry	✕	76	-
Medicine	✕	153	-
Pharmacy	✕	70	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
	Total	299

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	-	-
	Total	2

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Pharmacy	✕	-	-
	Total	7

Graduate Student Population at MUSC

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,875 students enrolled into Medical University of South Carolina graduate schools where it has total 3,175 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,614 full-time and 261 part-time graduate students. By gender, 911 male and 1,964 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	2,875	911	1,964
Full-time	2,614	868	1,746
Part-tme	261	43	218

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

There are 1,985 White (69.04%), 281 Black/African American (9.77%), 168 Hispanic (5.84%), 206 Asian (7.17%), and 235 students with other races. 63 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,875	911	1,964
American Indian/Native American	3	0	3
Asian	206	73	133
Black/African American	281	73	208
Hispanic	168	63	105
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,985	622	1,363
Two More	110	36	74
Un-Known	59	18	41
Non-resident Alien	63	26	37

Medical University of South Carolina offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 554 graduate students (19.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,875
Enrolled Online Exclusively	554
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	2,321

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Medical University of South Carolina. 1,209 students are aged 20 to 24 (42.05% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.07%), 48 students are aged above 50 (1.67%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Medical University of South Carolina.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,875	911	1,964
Under 18	1	1	0
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	46	8	38
Age 22-24	1,163	290	873
Age 25-29	1,127	412	715
Age 30-34	261	117	144
Age 35-39	119	36	83
Age 40-49	109	33	76
Age 50-64	45	12	33
Over 64	3	2	1

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