Southern States University Graduate Schools

Southern States University (referred to as Southern States) is a Private, 4 years school located in San Diego, CA. It is classified as a School of business and management school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southern States University is $7,045 in average. The school has 264 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 352 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (7/1/2010 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Southern States Directory Information
School Name	Southern States University (Southern States)
Address	1094 Cuhady Place, #120, San Diego, CA 92110
Phone	619-298-1829
Web	https://www.ssu.edu
Online Application	https://www.ssu.edu/admissions/admission-requirements
Financial Info	https://www.ssu.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southern States University is $7,045 in average. The school has 264 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 352 including undergraduate students.Among them, 1 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$7,045
Student Population	264
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (1 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	5 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Southern States University is $7,045 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $273.

Southern States University offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Southern States 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, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	1 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Southern States University is $7,045. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 58.78% 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	$3,720	$345
2019-2020	$4,092	$345
2020-2021	$4,092	$345
2021-2022	$4,092	$345
2022-2023	$6,372	$673

The graduate school tuition & fees of Southern States is very inexpensive 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
Southern States University	$7,045
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 off-campus living costs are $22,014. Off-campus living costs are increased by 14.35% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,206	$9,045
2019-2020	$10,206	$9,045
2020-2021	$10,206	$9,045
2021-2022	$10,206	$9,045
2022-2023	$17,253	$4,761

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $273 at Southern States University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 58.72% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$155
2019-2020	$172
2020-2021	$172
2021-2022	$172
2022-2023	$273

Graduate Programs at Southern States

Southern States University offers 4 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, 123 students have completed their study at Southern States University.

Offered Degrees at Southern States University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	2	1	109
Post Bachelor's Degree	2	0	14
Total	4	1	123

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Southern States University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Business Administration and Management program with 21 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 90 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Southern States University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	21	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	-
Information Technology	✕	3	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Southern States University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	90	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	82	-
Information Technology	✕	27	-
Information Technology	✕	4	-

Southern States University offers 4 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 123 students have completed their graduate studies.

109 students have earned/completed Master's program.
14 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's
Post-Bachelor's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	27	-
Business [+]	✔	82 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	82	-
	Total	109

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	-
	Total	14

Graduate Student Population at Southern States

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 264 students enrolled into Southern States University graduate schools where it has total 352 students including undergraduate students. All students are enrolled in full-time status. By gender, 137 male and 127 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	264	137	127
Full-time	264	137	127

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

and 264 students with other races. 264 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	264	137	127
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	0	0	0
Black/African American	0	0	0
Hispanic	0	0	0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	0	0	0
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	264	137	127

Southern States University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1 graduate students (0.38% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 263 graduate students (99.62% 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	264
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1
Enrolled Some Online Courses	263
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Southern States University. 7 students are aged 20 to 24 (2.65% of total students), 16 students are aged above 50 (6.06%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Southern States University.