Graduate Programs at Saint Francis University

Graduate School Overview

Saint Francis University (referred to as Saint Francis) is a Private, 4 years school located in Loretto, PA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1939 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Saint Francis Directory Information
School Name	Saint Francis University (Saint Francis)
Address	117 Evergreen Dr, Loretto, PA 15940
Phone	814-472-3000
Web	https://www.francis.edu
Online Application	https://www.francis.edu/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.francis.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Saint Francis University is $21,940 in average. The school has 396 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,857 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 95 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 20 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$21,940
Student Population	396
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	95 graduate programs (20 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Saint Francis University is $21,940 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,100.

Saint Francis University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Saint Francis 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, 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)	20 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 Saint Francis University is $21,940. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -2.58% 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	$25,000	$550
2019-2020	$25,000	$500
2020-2021	$25,000	$500
2021-2022	$21,920	$600
2022-2023	$21,290	$650

The graduate school tuition & fees of Saint Francis is average compared to private graduate schools in Pennsylvania. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Pennsylvania graduate tuition is $27,553 (public) / $20,439 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Saint Francis University	$21,940
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Pennsylvania Graduate Schools	$20,074	$22,186
Public	$20,174	$27,553
Private	$20,439

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,452 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Saint Francis University. On-campus living costs are decreased by -0.94% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,452. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -0.80% 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	$12,290	$3,000	$12,290	$6,000
2019-2020	$12,948	$3,000	$12,948	$6,000
2020-2021	$13,084	$3,000	$13,084	$6,000
2021-2022	$13,608	$3,000	$13,608	$6,000
2022-2023	$13,452	$3,000	$13,452	$6,000

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,100 at Saint Francis University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,090
2019-2020	$1,100
2020-2021	$1,100
2021-2022	$1,100
2022-2023	$1,100

Graduate Programs at Saint Francis

Saint Francis University offers 20 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, 270 students have completed their study at Saint Francis University.

Offered Degrees at Saint Francis University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	14	6	243
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	27
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	2	0
Post Master's Degree	1	1	0
Total	20	9	270

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Saint Francis University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance program with 0 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other) program with 76 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 27 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Saint Francis University
Program	Available Online	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✔	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	-

Popular Master's Programs at Saint Francis University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	✔	76	-
Physician Assistant	✕	53	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	43	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	33	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	14	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Saint Francis University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	27	-

Saint Francis University offers 20 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 270 students have completed their graduate studies.

243 students have earned/completed Master's program.
27 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	12 completers	-
Education	✔	11	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	168 completers	-
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	✔	76	-
Physician Assistant	✕	53	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✔	3	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	33	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	3	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	57 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	43	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	14	-
	Total	243

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	27	-
	Total	27

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	0 completers	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Saint Francis

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 482 students enrolled into Saint Francis University graduate schools where it has total 2,857 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 278 full-time and 204 part-time graduate students. By gender, 141 male and 341 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	482	141	341
Full-time	278	79	199
Part-tme	204	62	142

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

There are 358 White (74.27%), 29 Black/African American (6.02%), 23 Hispanic (4.77%), 9 Asian (1.87%), and 63 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	482	141	341
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	9	1	8
Black/African American	29	20	9
Hispanic	23	6	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1	3
White	358	96	262
Two More	7	0	7
Un-Known	52	17	35
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Saint Francis University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 253 graduate students (52.49% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 130 graduate students (26.97% 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	482
Enrolled Online Exclusively	253
Enrolled Some Online Courses	130
Not in Online Courses	99

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Saint Francis University. 220 students are aged 20 to 24 (45.64% of total students), 17 students are aged above 50 (3.53%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Saint Francis University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	482	141	341
Age 20-21	6	1	5
Age 22-24	214	59	155
Age 25-29	108	39	69
Age 30-34	41	10	31
Age 35-39	39	14	25
Age 40-49	56	15	41
Age 50-64	17	2	15
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

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