Graduate Programs at Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Postgraduate School Directory Information
School Name	Naval Postgraduate School
Address	1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
Phone	831-656-2442
Web	https://www.nps.edu
Online Application	https://my.nps.edu/web/admissions/apply1
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Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Student Population	2,670
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	115 graduate programs (14 programs available online learning)

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	14 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	No On-Campus Services Available or Reported

Naval Postgraduate School offers 115 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, 2,226 students have completed their study at Naval Postgraduate School.

Offered Degrees at Naval Postgraduate School
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	47	3	1,144
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	22	0	14
Post Bachelor's Degree	42	11	1,068
Post Master's Degree	4	0	0
Total	115	14	2,226

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Naval Postgraduate School by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Systems Engineering program with 177 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Systems Engineering program with 215 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Information Science/Studies program with 3 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Naval Postgraduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Systems Engineering	✔	177	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	158	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✔	89	-
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	✔	86	-
Operations Research	✔	73	-

Popular Master's Programs at Naval Postgraduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Systems Engineering	✕	215	-
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	✕	120	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	109	-
Operations Research	✕	83	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	66	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Naval Postgraduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Information Science/Studies	✕	3	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Homeland Security	✕	2	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Operations Research	✕	1	-

Naval Postgraduate School offers 115 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,226 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,144 students have earned/completed Master's program.
1,068 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Technology	✕	6	-
Computer Science	✕	31	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	9	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	-	-
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	✕	12	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	25	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	427 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	32	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	66	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Engineering Science	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	27	-
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	✕	-	-
Nuclear Engineering	✔	4	-
Systems Engineering	✕	215	-
Operations Research	✕	83	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	3	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	88 completers	-
Information/Psychological Warfare and Military Media Relations	✕	21	-
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	✕	-	-
Combat Systems Engineering	✕	32	-
Engineering Acoustics	✔	12	-
Space Systems Operations	✕	12	-
Operational Oceanography	✕	-	-
Undersea Warfare	✕	10	-
Joint Command/Task Force (C3, C4I Systems)	✕	1	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	16	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	-	-
Meteorology	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	-	-
Acoustics	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Homeland Security	✕	39	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	✕	-	-
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	✕	8	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	167 completers	-
National Security Policy Studies	✕	47	-
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	✕	120	-
Business [+]	✔	310 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	109	-
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✕	65	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	28	-
Transportation/Mobility Management	✕	1	-
Project Management	✔	34	-
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	✕	38	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	29	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	6	-
	Total	1,144

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	3	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	-	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	-	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	-	-
Computer Software Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	1	-
Systems Engineering	✕	1	-
Operations Research	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Combat Systems Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Acoustics	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Meteorology	✕	-	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	-	-
Acoustics	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Homeland Security	✕	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
National Security Policy Studies	✕	-	-
	Total	14

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	184 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	-	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✔	16	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✔	-	-
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	158	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (3 completers)	339 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✔	89	-
Nuclear Engineering	✔	-	-
Systems Engineering	✔	177	-
Operations Research	✕	73	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	4	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	76 completers	-
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	✕	39	-
Combat Systems Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Acoustics	✔	1	-
Space Systems Operations	✔	24	-
Undersea Warfare	✔	9	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences (other)	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Meteorology	✕	15	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	-	-
Homeland Security	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	98 completers	-
National Security Policy Studies	✕	12	-
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	✕	86	-
Business [+]	✔	149 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	21	-
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✕	47	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	2	-
Project Management	✕	16	-
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	✔	25	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	38	-
	Total	1,068

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	-	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at Naval Postgraduate School

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,670 students enrolled into Naval Postgraduate School graduate schools . By attending status, there are 1,445 full-time and 1,225 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,091 male and 579 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	2,670	2,091	579
Full-time	1,445	1,180	265
Part-tme	1,225	911	314

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

There are 1,898 White (71.09%), 119 Black/African American (4.46%), 289 Hispanic (10.82%), 117 Asian (4.38%), and 247 students with other races. 164 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,670	2,091	579
American Indian/Native American	5	5	0
Asian	117	92	25
Black/African American	119	76	43
Hispanic	289	227	62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	1,898	1,489	409
Two More	42	29	13
Un-Known	32	22	10
Non-resident Alien	164	148	16

Naval Postgraduate School offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,225 graduate students (45.88% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.