Graduate Programs at Murray State University

Graduate School Overview

Murray State University (referred to as Murray State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Murray, KY.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1928 - Current).

Murray State Directory Information
School Name	Murray State University (Murray State)
Address	218 Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3318
Phone	270-809-3011
Web	https://www.murraystate.edu
Online Application	https://www.murraystate.edu/Admissions/ApplyOnline.aspx
Financial Info	https://www.murraystate.edu/admissions/financialaid/index.aspx

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Murray State is $10,071 for Kentucky residents and $10,368 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,800 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,479 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 148 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other). Among them, 31 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$10,368 $10,071 for Kentucky Residents
Student Population	1,800
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Professional Practice), and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	148 graduate programs (31 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Murray State is $10,071 for Kentucky residents and $10,368 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $508.

Murray State offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Kentucky Residents	$10,071
Out-of-State	$10,368
Tuition per Credit Hour
Kentucky Residents	$508
Out-of-State	$508

Murray State 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	31 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student 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 Murray State University is $10,071 for Kentucky residents and $10,368 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.95% 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
	Kentucky Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$8,214	$900	$13,500	$900
2019-2020	$8,214	$900	$13,500	$900
2020-2021	$7,981	$900	$13,500	$900
2021-2022	$8,982	$900	$13,644	$900
2022-2023	$9,144	$927	$9,144	$927
2023-2024	-	-	$9,414	$954

The graduate school tuition & fees of Murray State is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Kentucky. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Kentucky graduate tuition is $18,150 (public) / $10,885 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Murray State University	$10,071	$10,368
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Kentucky Graduate Schools	$10,528	$13,148
Public	$11,160	$18,150
Private	$10,885

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,311 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Murray State.

On-campus living costs are increased by 9.65% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,251. Off-campus living costs are increased by 17.45% 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	$9,190	$3,940	$9,190	$4,535
2019-2020	$9,466	$3,800	$10,390	$4,570
2020-2021	$9,512	$4,355	$10,370	$5,015
2021-2022	$9,868	$4,330	$10,717	$4,990
2022-2023	$10,160	$4,715	$10,824	$4,715
2023-2024	$10,594	$5,717	$12,534	$5,717

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $523 at Murray State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.95% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$800
2019-2020	$800
2020-2021	$583
2021-2022	$528
2022-2023	$508
2023-2024	$523

Graduate Programs at Murray State

Murray State University offers 66 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, 627 students have completed their study at Murray State University.

Offered Degrees at Murray State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	42	15	543
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	0	39
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	28
Post Bachelor's Degree	21	5	17
Total	66	20	627

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Veterinary Administrative Services, General program with 5 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business/Commerce program with 89 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Practice program with 28 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Murray State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Veterinary Administrative Services, General	✕	5	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	3	-
Health Communication	✕	3	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	1	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at Murray State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business/Commerce	✔	89	$53,800
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✔	79	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	38	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	31	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	✔	26	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Murray State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Practice	✕	28	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	21	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-

Murray State University offers 66 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 627 students have completed their graduate studies.

543 students have earned/completed Master's program.
28 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
39 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.
17 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
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	79 completers	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✔	79	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	25 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	15	-
Organizational Communication	✔	10	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	18 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	12	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	6	-
Education [+]	✔ (5 completers)	182 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	9	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	38	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	11	$38,300
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	23	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	1	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	23	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	7	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	16	$41,300
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	11	-
Technical Teacher Education	✕	8	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	✔	26	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	✕	21	$71,400
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Creative Writing	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	-	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	5	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (2 completers)	36 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✔	12	$32,000
Public Administration	✔	24	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Economics	✕	3	-
Development Economics and International Development	✔	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	64 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	31	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	21	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✔	12	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	89 completers	$53,800
Business/Commerce	✔	89	$53,800
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	543

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✕	28	-
	Total	28

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	21	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	18 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-
	Total	39

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	-	-
Technical Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✔	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	1	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	17

Graduate Student Population at Murray State

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,800 students enrolled into Murray State University graduate schools where it has total 9,479 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 541 full-time and 1,259 part-time graduate students. By gender, 667 male and 1,133 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	1,800	667	1,133
Full-time	541	168	373
Part-tme	1,259	499	760

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

There are 1,340 White (74.44%), 149 Black/African American (8.28%), 37 Hispanic (2.06%), 25 Asian (1.39%), and 249 students with other races. 146 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,800	667	1,133
American Indian/Native American	6	4	2
Asian	25	5	20
Black/African American	149	55	94
Hispanic	37	15	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,340	464	876
Two More	52	20	32
Un-Known	45	22	23
Non-resident Alien	146	82	64

Murray State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 896 graduate students (49.78% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 297 graduate students (16.50% 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	1,800
Enrolled Online Exclusively	896
Enrolled Some Online Courses	297
Not in Online Courses	607

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Murray State University. 479 students are aged 20 to 24 (26.61% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.11%), 137 students are aged above 50 (7.61%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Murray State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,800	667	1,133
Age 18-19	2	0	2
Age 20-21	30	7	23
Age 22-24	449	152	297
Age 25-29	443	174	269
Age 30-34	280	114	166
Age 35-39	179	70	109
Age 40-49	280	103	177
Age 50-64	125	38	87
Over 64	12	9	3

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