Graduate Programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Graduate School Overview

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (referred to as Downstate Medical Center) is a Public, 4 years school located in Brooklyn, NY. It is classified as a Medical school and medical center school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (7/1/1952 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Downstate Medical Center Directory Information
School Name	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate Medical Center)
Address	450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098
Phone	718-270-2187
Web	https://www.downstate.edu
Online Application	https://sls.downstate.edu/admissions/apply_today.html
Financial Info	https://sls.downstate.edu/financial_aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is $11,973 for New York residents and $23,763 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,903 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,185 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 42 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$23,763 $11,973 for New York Residents
Student Population	1,903
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	42 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is $11,973 for New York residents and $23,763 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $471 for New York residents and $963 for out-of-state students.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University offers the alternative tuition plans.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences 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, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	4 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is $11,973 for New York residents and $23,763 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same 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
	New York Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,090	$611	$22,650	$611
2019-2020	$11,310	$650	$23,100	$650
2020-2021	$11,310	$650	$23,100	$650
2021-2022	$11,310	$663	$23,100	$663
2022-2023	$11,310	$663	$23,100	$663

The graduate school tuition & fees of Downstate Medical Center is average compared to public graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,151 (public) / $25,606 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	$11,973	$23,763
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,488
Public	$12,252	$23,151
Private	$25,606

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $471 for New York residents and $963 for other students at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	New York Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$462	$944
2019-2020	$471	$963
2020-2021	$471	$963
2021-2022	$471	$963
2022-2023	$471	$963

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $44,403 for New York residents and $65,893 for out-of-state students. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
	New York Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$43,670	$733	$65,160	$733

Graduate Programs at Downstate Medical Center

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University offers 37 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, 576 students have completed their study at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

Offered Degrees at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	18	0	312
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	4	0	4
Doctor's degree - other	7	3	237
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	1	17
Post Master's Degree	4	0	6
Total	37	4	576

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Public Health program with 16 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Family Practice Nurse/Nursing program with 93 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 189 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Health	✔	16	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✔	5	-
Nursing Education	✔	1	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	1	-
International Public Health/International Health	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	93	-
Public Health	✕	70	$50,200
Physician Assistant	✕	49	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	34	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	32	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	189	$60,500
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	23	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	19	-
Public Health	✔	6	-
Molecular Biology	✔	2	-

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University offers 37 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 576 students have completed their graduate studies.

312 students have earned/completed Master's program.
237 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
17 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
6 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
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	0	-
Anatomy	✕	0	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	0	-
Microbiology and Immunology	✕	0	-
Physiology	✕	0	-
Pharmacology	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	312 completers	-
Physician Assistant	✕	49	-
Public Health	✕	70	$50,200
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	32	-
Medical Informatics	✕	24	-
Nursing Education	✕	1	-
Direct Entry Midwifery	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	$109,600
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	0	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	93	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✕	9	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	34	-
	Total	312

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Molecular Biology	✕	2	-
Neuroscience	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Public Health	✕	0	-
	Total	4

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	237 completers	-
Medicine	✕	189	$60,500
Public Health	✕	6	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✔	0	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	23	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	19	-
Nursing Practice	✕	0	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	0	-
	Total	237

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	17 completers	-
Public Health	✔	16	-
International Public Health/International Health	✕	0	-
Nursing Education	✕	1	-
Direct Entry Midwifery	✕	0	-
	Total	17

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Nursing Education	✕	0	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	✕	5	-
Women's Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	0	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at Downstate Medical Center

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,924 students enrolled into SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University graduate schools where it has total 2,185 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,531 full-time and 393 part-time graduate students. By gender, 659 male and 1,265 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	1,924	659	1,265
Full-time	1,531	556	975
Part-tme	393	103	290

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

There are 567 White (29.47%), 421 Black/African American (21.88%), 250 Hispanic (12.99%), 503 Asian (26.14%), and 183 students with other races. 21 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,924	659	1,265
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	503	180	323
Black/African American	421	104	317
Hispanic	250	103	147
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	567	204	363
Two More	34	11	23
Un-Known	127	53	74
Non-resident Alien	21	4	17

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 187 graduate students (9.72% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 477 graduate students (24.79% 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	1,924
Enrolled Online Exclusively	187
Enrolled Some Online Courses	477
Not in Online Courses	1,260

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. 493 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.62% of total students), 4 students are aged below 20 (0.21%), 68 students are aged above 50 (3.53%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,924	659	1,265
Under 18	4	1	3
Age 20-21	27	7	20
Age 22-24	466	179	287
Age 25-29	834	317	517
Age 30-34	288	85	203
Age 35-39	132	35	97
Age 40-49	105	20	85
Age 50-64	66	14	52
Over 64	2	1	1

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