Graduate Programs at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Graduate School Overview

Palm Beach Atlantic University (referred to as PBA) is a Private, 4 years school located in West Palm Beach, FL.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1972 - Current[Estimated Date]).

PBA Directory Information
School Name	Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA)
Address	901 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone	561-803-2000
Web	https://www.pba.edu
Online Application	https://www.pba.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/index.html
Financial Info	https://www.pba.edu/financial-aid/index.html

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of PBA is $12,977 in average. The school has 801 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,828 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 78 graduate programs through Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 9 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$12,977
Student Population	801
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	78 graduate programs (9 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at PBA is $12,977 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $560.

PBA offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tuition	$11,304
Required Fees	$756
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tuition	$560

PBA 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)	9 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 Palm Beach Atlantic University is $12,977. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 7.60% 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	$10,260	$460
2019-2020	$10,260	$580
2020-2021	$10,440	$596
2021-2022	$12,960	$596
2022-2023	$11,304	$756
2023-2024	$11,007	$1,970

The graduate school tuition & fees of PBA is average compared to private graduate schools in Florida. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Florida graduate tuition is $24,427 (public) / $15,690 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Palm Beach Atlantic University	$12,977
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Florida Graduate Schools	$14,054	$17,024
Public	$10,003	$24,427
Private	$15,690

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,738 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at PBA.

On-campus living costs are decreased by -3.14% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,757. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -3.92% 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	$10,120	$6,286	$9,142	$7,274
2019-2020	$10,410	$7,090	$9,565	$7,925
2020-2021	$10,722	$7,237	$9,869	$8,090
2021-2022	$11,026	$7,394	$10,174	$8,246
2022-2023	$11,690	$7,988	$10,581	$8,942
2023-2024	$12,610	$6,450	$11,629	$7,128

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $603 at Palm Beach Atlantic University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 7.68% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$570
2019-2020	$570
2020-2021	$580
2021-2022	$720
2022-2023	$560
2023-2024	$603

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at PBA.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Palm Beach Atlantic University
	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$33,976	$1,560

Graduate Programs at PBA

Palm Beach Atlantic University offers 22 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, 278 students have completed their study at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Offered Degrees at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	18	3	192
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	0	1
Doctor's degree - other	3	0	85
Total	22	3	278

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Palm Beach Atlantic University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Mental Health Counseling/Counselor program with 60 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Pharmacy program with 49 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	60	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	34	$57,500
Organizational Leadership	✔	25	-
Nursing Practice	✕	23	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	17	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Pharmacy	✕	49	$109,300
Nursing Practice	✕	29	-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	✕	7	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	1	-

Palm Beach Atlantic University offers 22 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 278 students have completed their graduate studies.

192 students have earned/completed Master's program.
85 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✔	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	24 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	17	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	7	$43,900
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	4	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies	✕	-	-
Christian Studies	✕	3	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	✕	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	5	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	87 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	3	$37,300
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	1	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	60	-
Nursing Practice	✕	23	-
Business [+]	✔	66 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	34	$57,500
Organizational Leadership	✔	25	-
Accounting and Finance	✕	7	-
	Total	192

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	1	-
	Total	1

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	85 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	49	$109,300
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	✕	7	-
Nursing Practice	✕	29	-
	Total	85

Graduate Student Population at PBA

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 801 students enrolled into Palm Beach Atlantic University graduate schools where it has total 3,828 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 505 full-time and 296 part-time graduate students. By gender, 273 male and 528 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	801	273	528
Full-time	505	156	349
Part-tme	296	117	179

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

There are 328 White (40.95%), 129 Black/African American (16.10%), 161 Hispanic (20.10%), 25 Asian (3.12%), and 158 students with other races. 89 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	801	273	528
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	25	8	17
Black/African American	129	36	93
Hispanic	161	47	114
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	328	107	221
Two More	11	3	8
Un-Known	57	29	28
Non-resident Alien	89	43	46

Palm Beach Atlantic University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 63 graduate students (7.87% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 291 graduate students (36.33% 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	801
Enrolled Online Exclusively	63
Enrolled Some Online Courses	291
Not in Online Courses	447

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Palm Beach Atlantic University. 252 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.46% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.12%), 72 students are aged above 50 (8.99%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	801	273	528
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	30	10	20
Age 22-24	222	79	143
Age 25-29	224	71	153
Age 30-34	94	28	66
Age 35-39	61	23	38
Age 40-49	97	34	63
Age 50-64	65	26	39
Over 64	7	2	5

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