Meridian University Graduate Schools

Meridian University (referred to as Meridian) is a Private, 4 years school located in Petaluma, CA. Meridian University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Meridian University is $21,632 in average. The school has 167 students (all graduate).

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (2/17/2017 - Current).

Meridian Directory Information
School Name	Meridian University (Meridian)
Address	47 Sixth Street, Petaluma, CA 94952-3092
Phone	707-765-1836
Web	https://meridianuniversity.edu
Financial Info	https://0

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Meridian University is $21,632 in average. The school has 167 students (all graduate). Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$21,632
Student Population	167
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	4 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Meridian University is $21,632 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $676.

Meridian University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Meridian 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	4 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Meridian University is $21,632. 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
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$20,280	-
2019-2020	$21,632	-
2020-2021	$21,632	-
2021-2022	$21,632	-
2022-2023	$21,632	-

The graduate school tuition & fees of Meridian is average compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Meridian University	$21,632
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $676 at Meridian University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$676
2019-2020	$676
2020-2021	$676
2021-2022	$676
2022-2023	$676

Graduate Programs at Meridian

Meridian University offers 4 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 17 students have completed their study at Meridian University.

Offered Degrees at Meridian University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	2	2	15
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	0
Doctor's degree - other	1	1	2
Total	4	4	17

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

The most popular Master's program is the Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other) program with 14 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Research and Experimental Psychology (other) program with 3 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Meridian University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	14
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	9
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	4
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1
Counseling Psychology	✕	0

Popular Doctorate Programs at Meridian University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	3
Clinical Psychology	✔	2
Clinical Psychology	✔	1
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	0
Education (other)	✔	0

Meridian University offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 17 students have completed their graduate studies.

15 students have earned/completed Master's program.
2 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1
Psychology [+]	✔	14 completers
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	14
	Total	15

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Psychology [+]	✔	0 completers
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	0
	Total	0

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Psychology [+]	✔	2 completers
Clinical Psychology	✔	2
	Total	2

Graduate Student Population at Meridian

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 167 students enrolled into Meridian University graduate schools . By attending status, there are 100 full-time and 67 part-time graduate students. By gender, 32 male and 135 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	167	32	135
Full-time	100	21	79
Part-tme	67	11	56

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

There are 92 White (55.09%), 13 Black/African American (7.78%), 15 Hispanic (8.98%), 8 Asian (4.79%), and 39 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	167	32	135
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	8	1	7
Black/African American	13	3	10
Hispanic	15	2	13
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0	4
White	92	20	72
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	34	5	29
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Meridian University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 167 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	167
Enrolled Online Exclusively	167
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Meridian University. 0 students are aged 20 to 24 (0.00% of total students), 4 students are aged below 20 (2.40%), 44 students are aged above 50 (26.35%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Meridian University.