Meridian Graduate Programs

Meridian University Graduate School Overview

Meridian University (referred to as Meridian) is a Private, 4 years school located in Petaluma, CA. and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

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://

The 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at Meridian University is $21,632 in average. The school has 138 students (all graduate). Among them, 7 programs are available online classes.

Meridian Graduate School 2022 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$21,632
Student Population	138
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	7 graduate programs (7 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Meridian University is $21,632 in average for academic year 2021-2022. Meridian University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Meridian 2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$21,632
Required Fees	$0
Tuition	$0

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 at Meridian
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	7 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

For academic year 2021-2022, 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: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 16, 2022)

2021-2022 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$20,280	-
2019-2020	$21,632	-
2020-2021	$21,632	-
2021-2022	$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 $19,187 and the California graduate tuition is $21,959 (public) / $23,736 (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	$11,040	$19,187
Public	$11,040	$20,146
Private	$19,294
California Graduate Schools	$11,285	$22,237
Public	$11,285	$21,959
Private	$23,736

Graduate Programs at Meridian

Meridian University offers 7 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, 11 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	4	4	5
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	2
Doctor's degree - other	2	2	4
Total	7	7	11

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

The most popular Master's program is the Counseling Psychology program with 3 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Clinical Psychology program with 4 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Meridian University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Counseling Psychology	✔	3
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1
Business Administration and Management	✔	1
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	0

Popular Doctorate Programs at Meridian University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Clinical Psychology	✔	4
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	2
Education (other)	✔	0

Meridian University offers 7 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 11 students have completed their graduate studies.

5 students have earned/completed Master's program.
4 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 [+]	✔ (4 completers)	3 completers
Psychology	✔	0
Counseling Psychology	✔	3
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	0
Business [+]	✔	1 completers
Business/Commerce	✔	0
Business Administration and Management	✔	1
	Total	5

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Psychology [+]	✔	2 completers
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✔	2
	Total	2

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers
Education (other)	✔	0
Psychology [+]	✔	4 completers
Psychology	✔	0
Clinical Psychology	✔	4
	Total	4

Graduate Student Population at Meridian

For academic year 2021-2022, total 125 students enrolled into Meridian University graduate schools where it has total 138 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 52 full-time and 73 part-time graduate students. By gender, 22 male and 103 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	125	22	103
Full-time	52	8	44
Part-tme	73	14	59

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

There are 75 White (60.00%), 8 Black/African American (6.40%), 9 Hispanic (7.20%), 7 Asian (5.60%), and 26 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	125	22	103
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	7	0	7
Black/African American	8	1	7
Hispanic	9	1	8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0	4
White	75	16	59
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	20	3	17
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Meridian University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 125 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.