Sul Ross State University Graduate Schools

Sul Ross State University (referred to as Sul Ross) is a Public, 4 years school located in Alpine, TX. Sul Ross State University is a historically black school. Sul Ross State University 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 Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Sul Ross State University is $6,546 for Texas residents and $13,890 for out-of-state students. The school has 437 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,987 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1929 - Current).

Sul Ross Directory Information
School Name	Sul Ross State University (Sul Ross)
Address	HWY 90 East, Alpine, TX 79832
Phone	432-837-8011
Web	https://www.sulross.edu
Online Application	https://www.goapplytexas.org
Financial Info	https://www.sulross.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Sul Ross State University is $6,546 for Texas residents and $13,890 for out-of-state students. The school has 437 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,987 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 51 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's. Among them, 7 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$13,890 $6,546 for Texas Residents
Student Population	437
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	51 graduate programs (7 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Sul Ross State University is $6,546 for Texas residents and $13,890 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $240 for Texas residents and $648 for out-of-state students.

Sul Ross State University offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

Sul Ross 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, 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)	7 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	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 Sul Ross State University is $6,546 for Texas residents and $13,890 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.80% 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	$2,082	$768	$8,943	$1,150
2019-2020	$3,900	$1,216	$11,370	$1,566
2020-2021	$4,162	$2,230	$11,524	$2,230
2021-2022	$4,162	$2,230	$11,152	$2,230
2022-2023	$4,316	$2,230	$11,660	$2,230

The graduate school tuition & fees of Sul Ross is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,810 (public) / $18,372 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Sul Ross State University	$6,546	$13,890
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,401	$18,010
Public	$8,153	$17,810
Private	$18,372

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,101 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Sul Ross State University. On-campus living costs are increased by 8.67% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,996. Off-campus living costs are increased by 1.81% 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	$8,242	$4,042	$8,802	$4,042
2019-2020	$8,724	$5,172	$9,558	$5,172
2020-2021	$9,326	$5,186	$10,098	$5,186
2021-2022	$8,724	$5,172	$9,558	$5,172
2022-2023	$9,744	$5,357	$9,639	$5,357

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $240 for Texas residents and $648 for other students at Sul Ross State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.25% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$249	$736
2019-2020	$284	$779
2020-2021	$320	$729
2021-2022	$231	$640
2022-2023	$240	$648

Graduate Programs at Sul Ross

Sul Ross State University offers 21 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 187 students have completed their study at Sul Ross State University.

Offered Degrees at Sul Ross State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	21	6	187
Total	21	6	187

The most popular program at Sul Ross State University is the Education program and last year 32 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Sul Ross State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✕	32	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	29	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	22	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	21	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	17	-

Sul Ross State University offers 21 programs through Master's. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 187 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	10	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	17	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	73 completers	-
Education	✕	32	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	9	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	22	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	21	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	13 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	8	-
Homeland Security	✔	5	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	7	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	29 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	29	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	187

Graduate Student Population at Sul Ross

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 492 students enrolled into Sul Ross State University graduate schools where it has total 1,987 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 96 full-time and 396 part-time graduate students. By gender, 156 male and 336 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	492	156	336
Full-time	96	37	59
Part-tme	396	119	277

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

There are 184 White (37.40%), 18 Black/African American (3.66%), 262 Hispanic (53.25%), 2 Asian (0.41%), and 26 students with other races. 2 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	492	156	336
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	2	1	1
Black/African American	18	8	10
Hispanic	262	71	191
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	184	63	121
Two More	18	8	10
Un-Known	3	1	2
Non-resident Alien	2	2	0

Sul Ross State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 391 graduate students (79.47% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 38 graduate students (7.72% 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	492
Enrolled Online Exclusively	391
Enrolled Some Online Courses	38
Not in Online Courses	63

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Sul Ross State University. 80 students are aged 20 to 24 (16.26% of total students), 60 students are aged above 50 (12.20%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Sul Ross State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	492	156	336
Age 20-21	6	4	2
Age 22-24	74	22	52
Age 25-29	101	44	57
Age 30-34	76	18	58
Age 35-39	89	16	73
Age 40-49	86	29	57
Age 50-64	55	18	37
Over 64	5	5	0

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