Palo Alto University Graduate Schools

Palo Alto University (referred to as Palo Alto) is a Private, 4 years school located in Palo Alto, CA. Palo Alto University is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Palo Alto University is $47,668 in average. The school has 1,085 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,149 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (6/30/1986 - Current).

Palo Alto Directory Information
School Name	Palo Alto University (Palo Alto)
Address	1791 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1337
Phone	800-818-6136
Web	https://www.paloaltou.edu
Online Application	https://www.paloaltou.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.paloaltou.edu/admissions/admissions-resources/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Palo Alto University is $47,668 in average. The school has 1,085 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,149 including undergraduate students.Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$47,668
Student Population	1,085
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Palo Alto University is $47,668 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,304.

Palo Alto University offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including tuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Palo Alto 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, remedial services, academic/career services are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Palo Alto University is $47,668. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 45.57% 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	$24,045	$1,571
2019-2020	$22,184	$1,462
2020-2021	$30,116	$2,225
2021-2022	$30,476	$2,270
2022-2023	$44,230	$3,438

The graduate school tuition & fees of Palo Alto is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Palo Alto University	$47,668
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,304 at Palo Alto University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 45.54% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$594
2019-2020	$686
2020-2021	$760
2021-2022	$896
2022-2023	$1,304

Graduate Programs at Palo Alto

Palo Alto University 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, 311 students have completed their study at Palo Alto University.

Offered Degrees at Palo Alto University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	3	1	220
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	91
Total	4	1	311

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

The most popular Master's program is the Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling program with 118 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Clinical Psychology program with 107 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Palo Alto University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	118	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	100	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	97	$49,800
Clinical Psychology	✕	86	$49,800
Psychology	✔	16	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Palo Alto University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Clinical Psychology	✕	107	$63,500
Clinical Psychology	✕	91	$63,500

Palo Alto University offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 311 students have completed their graduate studies.

220 students have earned/completed Master's program.
91 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Practice)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	102 completers	-
Psychology	✔	16	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	86	$49,800
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	118 completers	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	118	-
	Total	220

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	91 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	91	$63,500
	Total	91

Graduate Student Population at Palo Alto

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,085 students enrolled into Palo Alto University graduate schools where it has total 1,149 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 720 full-time and 365 part-time graduate students. By gender, 188 male and 897 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	1,085	188	897
Full-time	720	118	602
Part-tme	365	70	295

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

There are 532 White (49.03%), 47 Black/African American (4.33%), 196 Hispanic (18.06%), 11 Asian (1.01%), and 299 students with other races. 88 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,085	188	897
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	11	4	7
Black/African American	47	10	37
Hispanic	196	33	163
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	532	103	429
Two More	159	22	137
Un-Known	51	7	44
Non-resident Alien	88	9	79

Palo Alto University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,085 graduate students (100.00% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,085
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,085
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Palo Alto University. 163 students are aged 20 to 24 (15.02% of total students), 57 students are aged above 50 (5.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Palo Alto University.