Graduate Programs at Saint Mary's College of California

Graduate School Overview

Saint Mary's College of California is a Private, 4 years school located in Moraga, CA. Saint Mary's College of California is a historically black school. Saint Mary's College of California is a tribal college. 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.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (2/28/1949 - Current).

Saint Mary's College of California Directory Information
School Name	Saint Mary's College of California
Address	1928 Saint Marys Road, Moraga, CA 94575
Phone	925-631-4000
Web	https://www.stmarys-ca.edu
Online Application	https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Saint Mary's College of California is $32,335 in average. The school has 762 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,765 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 114 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$32,335
Student Population	762
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	114 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Saint Mary's College of California is $32,335 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,115.

Saint Mary's College of California offers the alternative tuition plans.

Saint Mary's College of California 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)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) 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 Mary's College of California is $32,335. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -3.06% 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	$39,077	-
2019-2020	$31,308	-
2020-2021	$33,509	-
2021-2022	$33,357	-
2022-2023	$32,335	-

The graduate school tuition & fees of Saint Mary's College of California is relatively expensive compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the California graduate tuition is $21,739 (public) / $24,070 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Saint Mary's College of California	$32,335
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
California Graduate Schools	$19,794	$22,580
Public	$11,472	$21,739
Private	$24,070

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,328 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Saint Mary's College of California. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.83% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $21,708. Off-campus living costs are increased by 18.96% 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	$15,370	$3,240	$13,779	$4,248
2019-2020	$15,524	$3,699	$15,084	$5,254
2020-2021	$15,706	$2,934	$16,569	$4,635
2021-2022	$16,300	$2,100	$15,698	$2,550
2022-2023	$16,404	$2,700	$17,784	$3,924

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,115 at Saint Mary's College of California. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 5.99% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,330
2019-2020	$1,074
2020-2021	$1,052
2021-2022	$1,052
2022-2023	$1,115

Graduate Programs at Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California offers 38 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, 427 students have completed their study at Saint Mary's College of California.

Offered Degrees at Saint Mary's College of California
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	27	409
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	6
Post Bachelor's Degree	9	12
Total	38	427

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Saint Mary's College of California by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 5 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 132 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 5 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Saint Mary's College of California
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	2	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Education	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Saint Mary's College of California
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	132	$110,200
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	69	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	40	$50,700
Accounting	✕	30	$67,500
Creative Writing	✕	23	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Saint Mary's College of California
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Business/Commerce	✕	1	-

Saint Mary's College of California offers 38 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 427 students have completed their graduate studies.

409 students have earned/completed Master's program.
12 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
Education [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Education	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	$68,000
Special Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	40	$50,700
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Montessori Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Education (other)	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Creative Writing	✕	23	-
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	15	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	8	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	10	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	0	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Dance	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	274 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	23	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	132	$110,200
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	69	-
Accounting	✕	30	$67,500
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)	✕	20	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	0	-
	Total	409

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	1	-
	Total	6

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Education	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Montessori Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	2	-
	Total	12

Graduate Student Population at Saint Mary's College of California

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 966 students enrolled into Saint Mary's College of California graduate schools where it has total 2,765 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 493 full-time and 473 part-time graduate students. By gender, 343 male and 623 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	966	343	623
Full-time	493	200	293
Part-tme	473	143	330

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

There are 271 White (28.05%), 55 Black/African American (5.69%), 163 Hispanic (16.87%), 49 Asian (5.07%), and 428 students with other races. 32 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	966	343	623
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	49	17	32
Black/African American	55	22	33
Hispanic	163	45	118
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	2	2
White	271	86	185
Two More	27	7	20
Un-Known	364	153	211
Non-resident Alien	32	11	21

Saint Mary's College of California offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 6 graduate students (0.62% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	966
Enrolled Online Exclusively	6
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	960

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Saint Mary's College of California. 176 students are aged 20 to 24 (18.22% of total students), 99 students are aged above 50 (10.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Saint Mary's College of California.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	966	343	623
Age 20-21	4	1	3
Age 22-24	172	78	94
Age 25-29	221	70	151
Age 30-34	116	48	68
Age 35-39	104	36	68
Age 40-49	134	46	88
Age 50-64	95	35	60
Over 64	4	3	1
Age Un-Known	116	26	90

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