Graduate Programs at Southeast Missouri State University

Graduate School Overview

Southeast Missouri State University (referred to as Southeast Missouri State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Cape Girardeau, MO. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1915 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Southeast Missouri State Directory Information
School Name	Southeast Missouri State University (Southeast Missouri State)
Address	One University Plaza, MS2025, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone	573-651-2000
Web	https://www.semo.edu
Online Application	https://www.semo.edu/admissions/apply.htm
Financial Info	https://www.semo.edu/sfs

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southeast Missouri State University is $6,957 for Missouri residents and $11,938 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,473 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,927 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 117 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 25 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$11,938 $6,957 for Missouri Residents
Student Population	1,473
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	117 graduate programs (25 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Southeast Missouri State University is $6,957 for Missouri residents and $11,938 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $342 for Missouri residents and $620 for out-of-state students.

Southeast Missouri State University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Southeast Missouri State 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, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	25 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial 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 Southeast Missouri State University is $6,957 for Missouri residents and $11,938 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.98% 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
	Missouri Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,981	$699	$9,292	$699
2019-2020	$5,242	$717	$9,796	$717
2020-2021	$5,373	$753	$10,039	$753
2021-2022	$5,858	$753	$10,840	$753
2022-2023	$6,205	$752	$11,186	$752

The graduate school tuition & fees of Southeast Missouri State is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Missouri. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Missouri graduate tuition is $17,382 (public) / $14,067 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Southeast Missouri State University	$6,957	$11,938
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Missouri Graduate Schools	$12,522	$15,239
Public	$9,435	$17,382
Private	$14,067

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,306 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Southeast Missouri State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.62% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $15,306. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.62% 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	$8,935	$4,593	$8,935	$4,593
2019-2020	$9,267	$4,708	$9,267	$4,708
2020-2021	$9,511	$4,816	$9,511	$4,816
2021-2022	$9,974	$4,941	$9,974	$4,941
2022-2023	$9,954	$5,352	$9,954	$5,352

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $342 for Missouri residents and $620 for other students at Southeast Missouri State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.99% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Missouri Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$277	$516
2019-2020	$331	$584
2020-2021	$298	$558
2021-2022	$325	$602
2022-2023	$342	$620

Graduate Programs at Southeast Missouri State

Southeast Missouri State University offers 41 graduate programs for Master's 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, 512 students have completed their study at Southeast Missouri State University.

Offered Degrees at Southeast Missouri State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	35	13	444
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	0	21
Post Master's Degree	2	1	47
Total	41	14	512

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Southeast Missouri State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 37 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer and Information Sciences program with 73 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Southeast Missouri State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	37	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	32	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	11	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	10	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✔	7	-

Popular Master's Programs at Southeast Missouri State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	73	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	64	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	43	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	35	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	✔	35	-

Southeast Missouri State University offers 41 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 512 students have completed their graduate studies.

444 students have earned/completed Master's program.
21 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
47 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	78 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	73	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	189 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	$38,900
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	21	-
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship	✔	31	-
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	✔	34	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	18	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	21	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	23	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	18	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	20	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	21 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	21	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (other)	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	0	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	11	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	4	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✔	14	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	5 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	1	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	4	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	32 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	11	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	13	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	47 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	43	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	4	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	0	-
Public/Applied History	✕	1	-
	Total	444

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✕	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	3	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	1	-
	Total	21

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	47 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	37	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	10	-
	Total	47

Graduate Student Population at Southeast Missouri State

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,222 students enrolled into Southeast Missouri State University graduate schools where it has total 9,927 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 618 full-time and 604 part-time graduate students. By gender, 480 male and 742 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	1,222	480	742
Full-time	618	304	314
Part-tme	604	176	428

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

There are 726 White (59.41%), 50 Black/African American (4.09%), 22 Hispanic (1.80%), 14 Asian (1.15%), and 410 students with other races. 373 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,222	480	742
American Indian/Native American	2	2	0
Asian	14	9	5
Black/African American	50	24	26
Hispanic	22	5	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	726	184	542
Two More	18	6	12
Un-Known	16	8	8
Non-resident Alien	373	242	131

Southeast Missouri State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 487 graduate students (39.85% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 503 graduate students (41.16% 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	1,222
Enrolled Online Exclusively	487
Enrolled Some Online Courses	503
Not in Online Courses	232

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Southeast Missouri State University. 451 students are aged 20 to 24 (36.91% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.08%), 38 students are aged above 50 (3.11%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Southeast Missouri State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,222	480	742
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	31	12	19
Age 22-24	420	171	249
Age 25-29	348	150	198
Age 30-34	150	57	93
Age 35-39	112	37	75
Age 40-49	122	38	84
Age 50-64	37	14	23
Over 64	1	1	0

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