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National American University-Rapid City Graduate Schools

National American University-Rapid City (referred to as National American University-Rapid City) is a Private, 4 years school located in Rapid City, SD. It is classified as a Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship. The 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at National American University-Rapid City is $15,450 in average. The school has 244 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,665 including undergraduate students.

National American University-Rapid City Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1985 - Current[Estimated Date]).

National American University-Rapid City Directory Information
School Name	National American University-Rapid City (National American University-Rapid City)
Address	5301 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57701-2823
Phone	605-394-4800
Web	https://www.national.edu/locations/campuses/rapid-city
Financial Info	https://www.national.edu/admissions-financial/financial-aid/federal-financial-aid

The 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at National American University-Rapid City is $15,450 in average. The school has 244 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,665 including undergraduate students.Among them, 3 programs are available online classes.

National American University-Rapid City Graduate School 2022 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$15,450
Student Population	244
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	3 graduate programs (3 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at National American University-Rapid City is $15,450 in average for academic year 2021-2022.

National American University-Rapid City 2022 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$15,000
Required Fees	$450
Tuition	$0

National American University-Rapid City 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, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services at National American University-Rapid City
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	3 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2022 Tuition, Fees, Other College Costs

For academic year 2021-2022, the graduate school tuition & fees of National American University-Rapid City is $15,450. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.49% 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
2017-2018	-	-
2018-2019	$15,000	$75
2019-2020	$15,000	$75
2020-2021	$15,000	$75
2021-2022	$15,000	$450

The graduate school tuition & fees of National American University-Rapid City is relatively expensive compared to private graduate schools in South Dakota. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,187 and the South Dakota graduate tuition is $13,148 (public) / $12,569 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
National American University-Rapid City	$15,450
All Graduate Schools	$11,040	$19,187
Public	$11,040	$20,146
Private	$19,294
South Dakota Graduate Schools	$7,446	$13,002
Public	$7,446	$13,148
Private	$12,569

For academic year 2021-2022, the off-campus living costs are $13,167. Off-campus living costs are increased by 73.07% compared to previous academic year.

2021-2022 Living Costs
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2017-2018	$7,182	$273
2018-2019	$7,164	$252
2019-2020	$7,209	$162
2020-2021	$7,398	$210
2021-2022	$12,213	$954

Graduate Programs at National American University-Rapid City

National American University-Rapid City 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, 13 students have completed their study at National American University-Rapid City.

Offered Degrees at National American University-Rapid City
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	3	3	9
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	4
Total	4	4	13

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at National American University-Rapid City by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Strategic Intelligence program with 5 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Homeland Security program with 4 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at National American University-Rapid City
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Strategic Intelligence	✔	5	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	✔	4	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at National American University-Rapid City
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security	✔	4	-

National American University-Rapid City offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 13 students have completed their graduate studies.

9 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Doctorate (Research)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Military Technologies And Applied Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Strategic Intelligence	✔	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+]	✔	4 completers	-
	✔	0	-
Homeland Security	✔	0	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	✔	4	-
	Total	9

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+]	✔	4 completers	-
Homeland Security	✔	4	-
	Total	4

Graduate Student Population at National American University-Rapid City

For academic year 2021-2022, total 332 students enrolled into National American University-Rapid City graduate schools where it has total 1,665 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 123 full-time and 209 part-time graduate students. By gender, 162 male and 170 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	332	162	170
Full-time	123	54	69
Part-tme	209	108	101

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

There are 133 White (40.06%), 69 Black/African American (20.78%), 67 Hispanic (20.18%), 10 Asian (3.01%), and 53 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	332	162	170
American Indian/Native American	4	0	4
Asian	10	7	3
Black/African American	69	25	44
Hispanic	67	34	33
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	133	69	64
Two More	16	6	10
Un-Known	31	19	12
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

National American University-Rapid City offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 332 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.