Graduate Programs at Stephen F Austin State University

Graduate School Overview

Stephen F Austin State University (referred to as SFA) is a Public, 4 years school located in Nacogdoches, TX.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1927 - Current[Estimated Date]).

SFA Directory Information
School Name	Stephen F Austin State University (SFA)
Address	2008 Alumni Drive, Rusk 206, Nacogdoches, TX 75961
Phone	936-468-2011
Web	https://www.sfasu.edu
Online Application	https://www.sfasu.edu/admissions/prospective.asp
Financial Info	https://www.sfasu.edu/faid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of SFA is $7,433 for Texas residents and $14,993 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,422 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 11,327 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 119 graduate programs through Master's and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 25 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$14,993 $7,433 for Texas Residents
Student Population	1,422
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	119 graduate programs (25 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at SFA is $7,433 for Texas residents and $14,993 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $567 for Texas residents and $976 for out-of-state students.

SFA offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including tuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Texas Residents	$7,433
Out-of-State	$14,993
Tuition per Credit Hour
Texas Residents	$567
Out-of-State	$976

SFA 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)	25 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad 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 Stephen F Austin State University is $7,433 for Texas residents and $14,993 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.46% 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
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,896	$1,981	$12,366	$1,981
2019-2020	$5,112	$2,161	$12,708	$2,161
2020-2021	$5,262	$2,171	$13,524	$2,171
2021-2022	$5,262	$2,171	$13,524	$2,171
2022-2023	$5,262	$2,171	$12,606	$2,171
2023-2024	$5,262	$2,171	$12,822	$2,171

The graduate school tuition & fees of SFA is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,906 (public) / $18,623 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Stephen F Austin State University	$7,433	$14,993
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,440	$18,157
Public	$8,244	$17,906
Private	$18,623

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,002 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at SFA.

On-campus living costs are increased by 12.66% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $15,002. Off-campus living costs are increased by 12.66% 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	$8,964	$3,674	$8,964	$3,674
2019-2020	$9,012	$3,674	$9,012	$3,674
2020-2021	$9,642	$3,674	$9,642	$3,674
2021-2022	$9,642	$3,674	$9,642	$3,674
2022-2023	$9,642	$3,674	$9,642	$3,674
2023-2024	$11,142	$3,860	$11,142	$3,860

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $567 for Texas residents and $990 for other students at Stephen F Austin State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.43% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$455	$870
2019-2020	$477	$899
2020-2021	$567	$976
2021-2022	$567	$976
2022-2023	$567	$976
2023-2024	$567	$990

Graduate Programs at SFA

Stephen F Austin State University offers 45 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, 588 students have completed their study at Stephen F Austin State University.

Offered Degrees at Stephen F Austin State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	42	16	576
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	1	12
Total	45	17	588

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Stephen F Austin State University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 119 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the School Psychology program with 6 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Stephen F Austin State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	119	$53,000
Social Work	✕	74	$40,100
Accounting	✕	39	$56,300
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	38	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	30	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Stephen F Austin State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
School Psychology	✕	6	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	4	-
Forestry	✔	2	-

Stephen F Austin State University offers 45 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 588 students have completed their graduate studies.

576 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Doctorate (Research)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	7	-
Forestry	✕	7	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (2 completers)	18 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✔	18	-
Publishing	✔	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (7 completers)	207 completers	-
Education	✔	13	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	9	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	119	$53,000
Special Education and Teaching	✔	20	$48,100
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✔	11	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	27	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	8	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	✔	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✔	23	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biotechnology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics and Statistics	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	8	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✔	6	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	10	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Psychology	✕	5	-
School Psychology	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	82 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	8	-
Social Work	✕	74	$40,100
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
National Security Policy Studies	✔	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	21 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	6	-
Music	✔	15	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	79 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	38	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	7	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	30	-
Nursing Education	✕	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	27	-
Accounting	✕	39	$56,300
History [+]	✔	8 completers	-
History	✔	8	-
	Total	576

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Forestry	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	6	-
	Total	12

Graduate Student Population at SFA

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,422 students enrolled into Stephen F Austin State University graduate schools where it has total 11,327 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 616 full-time and 806 part-time graduate students. By gender, 421 male and 1,001 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	1,422	421	1,001
Full-time	616	186	430
Part-tme	806	235	571

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

There are 881 White (61.95%), 184 Black/African American (12.94%), 216 Hispanic (15.19%), 9 Asian (0.63%), and 132 students with other races. 61 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,422	421	1,001
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	9	0	9
Black/African American	184	48	136
Hispanic	216	56	160
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	881	259	622
Two More	58	21	37
Un-Known	8	3	5
Non-resident Alien	61	32	29

Stephen F Austin State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 810 graduate students (56.96% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 339 graduate students (23.84% 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	1,422
Enrolled Online Exclusively	810
Enrolled Some Online Courses	339
Not in Online Courses	273

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Stephen F Austin State University. 456 students are aged 20 to 24 (32.07% of total students), 86 students are aged above 50 (6.05%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Stephen F Austin State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,422	421	1,001
Age 20-21	53	12	41
Age 22-24	403	134	269
Age 25-29	299	99	200
Age 30-34	188	56	132
Age 35-39	174	49	125
Age 40-49	219	43	176
Age 50-64	79	23	56
Over 64	7	5	2

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