Graduate Programs at University of Central Florida

Graduate School Overview

University of Central Florida (referred to as UCF) is a Public, 4 years school located in Orlando, FL. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1970 - Current).

UCF Directory Information
School Name	University of Central Florida (UCF)
Address	4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816
Phone	407-823-2000
Web	https://www.ucf.edu
Online Application	https://ucf.edu/admissions/undergraduate
Financial Info	https://finaid.ucf.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Central Florida is $8,872 for Florida residents and $28,657 for out-of-state students. The school has 10,314 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 70,310 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 234 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 41 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$28,657 $8,872 for Florida Residents
Student Population	10,314
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	234 graduate programs (41 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	30 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Central Florida is $8,872 for Florida residents and $28,657 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $370 for Florida residents and $1,194 for out-of-state students.

University of Central Florida offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

University of Central Florida 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)	41 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad 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 Central Florida is $8,872 for Florida residents and $28,657 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
	Florida Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$6,916	$1,956	$25,759	$2,898
2019-2020	$6,916	$1,956	$25,759	$2,898
2020-2021	$6,916	$1,956	$25,759	$2,898
2021-2022	$6,916	$1,956	$25,759	$2,898
2022-2023	$6,916	$1,956	$25,759	$2,898

The graduate school tuition & fees of UCF is average compared to public graduate schools in Florida. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Florida graduate tuition is $24,427 (public) / $15,956 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Central Florida	$8,872	$28,657
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Florida Graduate Schools	$13,996	$17,301
Public	$10,002	$24,427
Private	$15,956

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,468 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Central Florida. On-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,468. Off-campus living costs are stayed same 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	$10,010	$4,970	$10,010	$4,970
2019-2020	$10,010	$4,970	$10,010	$4,970
2020-2021	$10,300	$4,970	$10,010	$4,970
2021-2022	$11,498	$4,970	$11,498	$4,970
2022-2023	$11,498	$4,970	$11,498	$4,970

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $370 for Florida residents and $1,194 for other students at University of Central Florida. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Florida Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$370	$1,194
2019-2020	$370	$1,194
2020-2021	$370	$1,194
2021-2022	$370	$1,194
2022-2023	$370	$1,194

Graduate Programs at UCF

University of Central Florida offers 142 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, 3,711 students have completed their study at University of Central Florida.

Offered Degrees at University of Central Florida
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	78	23	2,702
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	30	1	317
Doctor's degree - other	3	1	193
Post Bachelor's Degree	31	0	499
Total	142	25	3,711

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Central Florida by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Hospitality Administration/Management program with 68 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business/Commerce program with 259 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 119 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Central Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	68	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	56	-
Public Administration	✕	51	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	47	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	42	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Central Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business/Commerce	✕	259	$75,200
Business/Commerce	✕	245	$75,200
Social Work	✔	233	$33,700
Social Work	✔	194	$33,700
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	134	$44,600

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Central Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	119	-
Medicine	✕	117	-
Nursing Practice	✔	39	-
Education	✔	38	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✔	35	-

University of Central Florida offers 142 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 3,711 students have completed their graduate studies.

2,702 students have earned/completed Master's program.
193 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
499 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
Architecture [+]	✕	17 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	17	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	22	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	141 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	97	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✔	44	-
Education [+]	✔ (4 completers)	467 completers	-
Education	✔	11	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	134	$44,600
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	43	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	46	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	68	$36,800
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	25	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	15	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	13	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	42	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	18	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✔	15	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✔	12	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	9	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (6 completers)	226 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✔	23	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	6	-
Civil Engineering	✔	27	-
Computer Engineering	✕	17	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	14	-
Laser and Optical Engineering	✕	37	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✔	5	-
Materials Engineering	✔	13	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	32	-
Systems Engineering	✕	0	-
Industrial Engineering	✔	52	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	59 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	41	$114,800
Nanotechnology	✕	18	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	37 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	25	-
Creative Writing	✕	12	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	28	-
Biotechnology	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	8	-
Statistics	✕	15	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	11	-
Computational Science	✕	41	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	17	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	22	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	11	-
Physics	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	51 completers	-
Psychology	✕	4	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	18	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	20	-
School Psychology	✕	9	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (3 completers)	104 completers	$36,500
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	87	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✔	14	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✔	3	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (3 completers)	356 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	114	$39,000
Public Policy Analysis	✕	0	-
Social Work	✔	233	$33,700
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✔	9	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	8	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	115 completers	-
Digital Arts	✕	91	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	10	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	1	-
Music	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	237 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	100	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	41	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	12	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	18	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	66	$90,700
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	514 completers	$75,200
Business/Commerce	✕	245	$75,200
Business Administration and Management	✕	70	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	54	-
Accounting	✕	53	$58,700
Business/Managerial Economics	✕	4	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✔	88	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	2,702

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	30	-
Education [+]	✕	57 completers	-
Education	✕	34	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	23	-
Engineering [+]	✕	118 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	5	-
Civil Engineering	✕	18	-
Computer Engineering	✕	9	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	13	-
Laser and Optical Engineering	✕	21	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	2	-
Materials Engineering	✕	10	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	26	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	14	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	8	-
Conservation Biology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	4	-
Statistics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	10	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	17	-
Psychology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Psychology	✕	17	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✕	13	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Anthropology (other)	✕	0	-
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Nursing Science	✔	8	-
Business [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	3	-
	Total	317

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	193 completers	-
Medicine	✕	119	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	35	-
Nursing Practice	✔	39	-
	Total	193

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	212 completers	-
Education	✕	37	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	38	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	28	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	47	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	23	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	7	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	32	-
Engineering [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	1	-
Laser and Optical Engineering	✕	0	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	18	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	33	-
Human Services [+]	✕	79 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	51	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	0	-
Social Work	✕	21	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✕	7	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Political Science and Government	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	21	-
Nursing Practice	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	75 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	7	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	68	-
	Total	499

Graduate Student Population at UCF

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 10,314 students enrolled into University of Central Florida graduate schools where it has total 70,310 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 4,889 full-time and 5,425 part-time graduate students. By gender, 4,153 male and 6,161 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	10,314	4,153	6,161
Full-time	4,889	2,174	2,715
Part-tme	5,425	1,979	3,446

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

There are 4,988 White (48.36%), 1,052 Black/African American (10.20%), 2,002 Hispanic (19.41%), 611 Asian (5.92%), and 1,661 students with other races. 1,094 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,314	4,153	6,161
American Indian/Native American	8	3	5
Asian	611	298	313
Black/African American	1,052	299	753
Hispanic	2,002	775	1,227
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	4	6
White	4,988	1,855	3,133
Two More	348	150	198
Un-Known	201	97	104
Non-resident Alien	1,094	672	422

University of Central Florida offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 3,868 graduate students (37.50% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,390 graduate students (13.48% 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	10,314
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,868
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,390
Not in Online Courses	5,056

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Central Florida. 2,813 students are aged 20 to 24 (27.27% of total students), 5 students are aged below 20 (0.05%), 542 students are aged above 50 (5.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Central Florida.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,314	4,153	6,161
Under 18	2	1	1
Age 18-19	3	1	2
Age 20-21	216	70	146
Age 22-24	2,597	982	1,615
Age 25-29	3,425	1,529	1,896
Age 30-34	1,591	696	895
Age 35-39	929	382	547
Age 40-49	1,009	322	687
Age 50-64	519	159	360
Over 64	23	11	12

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