Graduate Programs at Tennessee State University

Graduate School Overview

Tennessee State University (referred to as Tennessee State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Nashville, TN. Tennessee State is a historically black school.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1946 - Current).

Tennessee State Directory Information
School Name	Tennessee State University (Tennessee State)
Address	3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209-1561
Phone	615-963-5000
Web	https://www.tnstate.edu
Online Application	https://www.tnstate.edu/admissions/apply.aspx
Financial Info	https://www.tnstate.edu/financial_aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Tennessee State is $11,092 for Tennessee residents and $23,516 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,540 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,218 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 81 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 10 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$23,516 $11,092 for Tennessee Residents
Student Population	1,540
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	81 graduate programs (10 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Tennessee State is $11,092 for Tennessee residents and $23,516 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $458 for Tennessee residents and $1,040 for out-of-state students.

Tennessee State offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tennessee Residents	$11,092
Out-of-State	$23,516
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tennessee Residents	$458
Out-of-State	$1,040

Tennessee State 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)	10 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
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 Tennessee State University is $11,092 for Tennessee residents and $23,516 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
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,968	$1,108	$21,608	$1,108
2019-2020	$10,178	$1,108	$22,642	$1,108
2020-2021	$9,276	$1,108	$19,752	$1,108
2021-2022	$9,524	$1,208	$21,628	$1,208
2022-2023	$9,524	$1,208	$21,628	$1,208
2023-2024	$9,844	$1,248	$22,268	$1,248

The graduate school tuition & fees of Tennessee State is average compared to public graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,557 (public) / $20,515 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Tennessee State University	$11,092	$23,516
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,573	$20,098
Public	$11,434	$20,557
Private	$20,515

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,312 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Tennessee State.

On-campus living costs are increased by 11.70% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $23,726. Off-campus living costs are increased by 18.61% 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	$7,806	$3,700	$7,350	$3,700
2019-2020	$7,612	$3,900	$7,612	$3,900
2020-2021	$7,612	$3,900	$7,612	$3,900
2021-2022	$8,548	$5,448	$13,490	$6,020
2022-2023	$8,542	$5,514	$13,898	$6,106
2023-2024	$10,120	$5,580	$17,534	$6,192

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $473 for Tennessee residents and $1,071 for other students at Tennessee State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.98% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tennessee Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$513	$1,095
2019-2020	$523	$1,105
2020-2021	$523	$1,105
2021-2022	$458	$1,040
2022-2023	$458	$1,040
2023-2024	$473	$1,071

Graduate Programs at Tennessee State

Tennessee State University offers 42 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, 458 students have completed their study at Tennessee State University.

Offered Degrees at Tennessee State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	25	1	368
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	6	0	34
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	29
Post Bachelor's Degree	7	6	27
Post Master's Degree	3	1	0
Total	42	8	458

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Public Administration program with 12 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 73 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 29 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Tennessee State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Administration	✔	12	-
Public Policy Analysis	✔	5	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	5	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	2	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at Tennessee State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	73	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	45	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	30	$52,200
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	28	-
Social Work	✕	21	$38,200

Popular Doctorate Programs at Tennessee State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	13	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	5	-

Tennessee State University offers 42 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 458 students have completed their graduate studies.

368 students have earned/completed Master's program.
29 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
27 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	✕	8	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	19	-
Education [+]	✕	106 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	19	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	73	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	6	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Engineering	✕	12	-
Computer Engineering	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
General Studies	✔	17	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	9	-
Human Services [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	17	-
Social Work	✕	21	$38,200
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	45	-
Public Health	✕	3	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	28	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	5	$80,600
Business [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	30	$52,200
	Total	368

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	5	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	13	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	1	-
	Total	34

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	29	-
	Total	29

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	12	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	1	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	27

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Graduate Student Population at Tennessee State

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,540 students enrolled into Tennessee State University graduate schools where it has total 9,218 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 649 full-time and 891 part-time graduate students. By gender, 538 male and 1,002 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	1,540	538	1,002
Full-time	649	238	411
Part-tme	891	300	591

Tennessee State University is a historically black school and 726 (47.14% of total students) students are Black/African American at Tennessee State University. There are 549 White (35.65%), 35 Hispanic (2.27%), 37 Asian (2.40%), and 193 students with other races. 153 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,540	538	1,002
American Indian/Native American	2	0	2
Asian	37	18	19
Black/African American	726	217	509
Hispanic	35	12	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	549	190	359
Two More	31	10	21
Un-Known	6	1	5
Non-resident Alien	153	90	63

Tennessee State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 377 graduate students (24.48% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 370 graduate students (24.03% 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	1,540
Enrolled Online Exclusively	377
Enrolled Some Online Courses	370
Not in Online Courses	793

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Tennessee State University. 314 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.39% of total students), 199 students are aged above 50 (12.92%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Tennessee State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,540	538	1,002
Age 20-21	14	3	11
Age 22-24	300	103	197
Age 25-29	347	124	223
Age 30-34	232	86	146
Age 35-39	187	63	124
Age 40-49	261	98	163
Age 50-64	178	51	127
Over 64	21	10	11

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