Graduate Programs at University of Akron Main Campus

Graduate School Overview

University of Akron Main Campus (referred to as Akron Main Campus) is a Public, 4 years school located in Akron, OH.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1914 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Akron Main Campus Directory Information
School Name	University of Akron Main Campus (Akron Main Campus)
Address	302 Buchtel Common, Akron, OH 44325-4702
Phone	330-972-7111
Web	https://www.uakron.edu
Online Application	https://www.uakron.edu/admissions/undergraduate/admission_procedures/index.dot
Financial Info	https://www.uakron.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Akron Main Campus is $9,411 for Ohio residents and $15,171 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,142 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 13,465 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 411 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$15,171 $9,411 for Ohio Residents
Student Population	2,142
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	411 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Akron Main Campus is $9,411 for Ohio residents and $15,171 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $442 for Ohio residents and $748 for out-of-state students.

Akron Main Campus offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Ohio Residents	$9,411
Out-of-State	$15,171
Tuition per Credit Hour
Ohio Residents	$442
Out-of-State	$748

Akron Main Campus 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)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
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 University of Akron Main Campus is $9,411 for Ohio residents and $15,171 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.10% 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
	Ohio Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,958	$1,405	$13,464	$1,405
2019-2020	$8,306	$1,405	$13,812	$1,405
2020-2021	$8,306	$1,405	$13,812	$1,405
2021-2022	$10,610	$1,326	$10,610	$1,326
2022-2023	$7,958	$1,109	$13,464	$1,109
2023-2024	$8,325	$1,086	$14,085	$1,086

The graduate school tuition & fees of Akron Main Campus is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Ohio. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Ohio graduate tuition is $23,346 (public) / $17,979 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Akron Main Campus	$9,411	$15,171
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Ohio Graduate Schools	$15,443	$19,251
Public	$13,028	$23,346
Private	$17,979

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,066 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Akron Main Campus.

On-campus living costs are decreased by -1.77% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,586. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -0.68% 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	$12,296	$2,520	$12,296	$3,120
2019-2020	$12,296	$2,520	$12,291	$3,120
2020-2021	$12,296	$2,520	$12,291	$3,120
2021-2022	$10,424	$2,520	$12,960	$3,120
2022-2023	$12,410	$2,520	$11,490	$3,196
2023-2024	$11,070	$3,596	$10,590	$3,996

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $459 for Ohio residents and $779 for other students at University of Akron Main Campus. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.14% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Ohio Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$442	$748
2019-2020	$462	$767
2020-2021	$462	$767
2021-2022	$442	$442
2022-2023	$442	$748
2023-2024	$459	$779

The law school tuition at University of Akron Main Campus is $25,114 for Ohio residents and $25,214 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at Akron Main Campus.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Akron Main Campus
	Ohio Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Law	$21,376	$3,738	$21,376	$3,838

Graduate Programs at Akron Main Campus

University of Akron Main Campus offers 162 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, 818 students have completed their study at University of Akron Main Campus.

Offered Degrees at University of Akron Main Campus
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	102	551
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	24	83
Doctor's degree - other	3	124
Post Bachelor's Degree	23	26
Post Master's Degree	10	34
Total	162	818

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Akron Main Campus by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Advanced Legal Research/Studies program with 33 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program with 61 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 108 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Akron Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	33	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	14	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	4	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	3	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Akron Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	61	$93,400
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	56	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	49	-
Social Work	✕	45	$40,500
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	32	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Akron Main Campus
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	108	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	12	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Polymer Chemistry	✕	10	-
Civil Engineering	✕	10	-

University of Akron Main Campus offers 162 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 818 students have completed their graduate studies.

551 students have earned/completed Master's program.
124 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
26 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
34 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
Architecture [+]	✕	-	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Communication	✕	3	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	7	-
Computer Science	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	10	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	3	$39,000
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	2	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	2	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	-	$39,900
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	14	$38,100
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	✕	-	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	4	-
Civil Engineering	✕	15	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	4	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	17	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	7	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	-	-
Child Development	✕	-	-
Apparel and Textiles	✕	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (other)	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Writing	✕	-	-
Creative Writing	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	-	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	9	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	13	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	6	-
Polymer Chemistry	✕	9	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	-	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	-	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Psychopharmacology	✕	-	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	3	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	3	-
Geropsychology	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	3	$32,400
Social Work	✕	45	$40,500
Social Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	-	-
Geography	✕	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	1	-
National Security Policy Studies	✕	10	-
Political Science and Government (other)	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	-	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Music	✕	-	-
Music History, Literature, and Theory	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	9	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	-	-
Conducting	✕	3	-
Keyboard Instruments	✕	-	-
Voice and Opera	✕	-	-
Stringed Instruments	✕	-	-
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	170 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	49	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	19	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	32	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	61	$93,400
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	9	-
Business [+]	✕	107 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	$61,400
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	1	-
Organizational Leadership	✕	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	56	-
Accounting	✕	17	$53,200
Accounting and Related Services (other)	✕	-	-
Finance	✕	3	-
International Finance	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	7	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	7	-
Taxation	✕	4	$61,900
Insurance	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	551

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	7	-
Civil Engineering	✕	10	-
Computer Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	3	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	9	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	9	-
Polymer Chemistry	✕	10	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	5	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	-	-
Geropsychology	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Sociology	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	6	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	2	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	83

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	108 completers	-
Law	✕	108	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	12	-
Nursing Practice	✕	4	-
	Total	124

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Writing	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	3	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	4	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	26

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	33	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Writing	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	34

Graduate Student Population at Akron Main Campus

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,142 students enrolled into University of Akron Main Campus graduate schools where it has total 13,465 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,218 full-time and 924 part-time graduate students. By gender, 913 male and 1,229 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	2,142	913	1,229
Full-time	1,218	549	669
Part-tme	924	364	560

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

There are 1,446 White (67.51%), 138 Black/African American (6.44%), 66 Hispanic (3.08%), 66 Asian (3.08%), and 426 students with other races. 299 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,142	913	1,229
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	66	26	40
Black/African American	138	46	92
Hispanic	66	32	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	1,446	554	892
Two More	49	16	33
Un-Known	76	38	38
Non-resident Alien	299	199	100

University of Akron Main Campus offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 400 graduate students (18.67% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 672 graduate students (31.37% 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	2,142
Enrolled Online Exclusively	400
Enrolled Some Online Courses	672
Not in Online Courses	1,070

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Akron Main Campus. 611 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.52% of total students), 89 students are aged above 50 (4.15%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Akron Main Campus.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,142	913	1,229
Age 20-21	44	16	28
Age 22-24	567	221	346
Age 25-29	735	333	402
Age 30-34	322	163	159
Age 35-39	184	77	107
Age 40-49	201	73	128
Age 50-64	83	29	54
Over 64	6	1	5

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