Graduate Programs at University of Memphis

Graduate School Overview

University of Memphis (referred to as Memphis) is a Public, 4 years school located in Memphis, TN. 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 (7/1/1927 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Memphis Directory Information
School Name	University of Memphis (Memphis)
Address	Southern Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152
Phone	901-678-2000
Web	https://www.memphis.edu
Online Application	https://www.memphis.edu/admissions/freshmen/apply_ugrd.php
Financial Info	https://www.memphis.edu/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Memphis is $10,908 for Tennessee residents and $14,724 for out-of-state students. The school has 5,209 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 21,917 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 194 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 76 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$14,724 $10,908 for Tennessee Residents
Student Population	5,209
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	194 graduate programs (76 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Memphis is $10,908 for Tennessee residents and $14,724 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $521 for Tennessee residents and $733 for out-of-state students.

University of Memphis offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

University of Memphis 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)	76 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, 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 Memphis is $10,908 for Tennessee residents and $14,724 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.24% 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	$9,054	$1,643	$17,838	$1,643
2019-2020	$9,216	$1,530	$12,672	$1,530
2020-2021	$9,216	$1,530	$12,672	$1,530
2021-2022	$9,378	$1,530	$13,014	$1,530
2022-2023	$9,378	$1,530	$13,194	$1,530

The graduate school tuition & fees of Memphis is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,629 (public) / $19,720 (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 Memphis	$10,908	$14,724
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,517	$19,583
Public	$11,181	$20,629
Private	$19,720

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,480 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Memphis. On-campus living costs are increased by 11.55% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,086. Off-campus living costs are increased by 22.43% 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	$9,975	$4,562	$9,975	$4,562
2019-2020	$10,175	$4,699	$10,175	$4,699
2020-2021	$10,175	$4,699	$10,175	$4,699
2021-2022	$9,354	$5,419	$9,354	$5,419
2022-2023	$10,126	$6,354	$11,732	$6,354

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $521 for Tennessee residents and $733 for other students at University of Memphis. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.38% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tennessee Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$503	$991
2019-2020	$512	$704
2020-2021	$512	$704
2021-2022	$521	$723
2022-2023	$521	$733

The law school tuition at University of Memphis is $19,378 for Tennessee residents and $24,416 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at University of Memphis.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Memphis
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Law	$17,402	$1,976	$22,440	$1,976

Graduate Programs at Memphis

University of Memphis offers 137 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, 1,719 students have completed their study at University of Memphis.

Offered Degrees at University of Memphis
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	56	19	1,162
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	28	6	174
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	121
Post Bachelor's Degree	51	29	258
Post Master's Degree	1	0	4
Total	137	54	1,719

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Management Science program with 57 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 204 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 121 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Memphis
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✕	57	-
Information Technology Project Management	✔	34	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	18	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	17	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✔	16	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Memphis
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	204	$67,800
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	129	$42,300
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	91	$90,100
Information Technology	✕	89	-
Social Work	✔	62	$45,700

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Memphis
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	121	-
Engineering	✕	20	-
Psychology	✕	15	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	13	-

University of Memphis offers 137 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,719 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,162 students have earned/completed Master's program.
121 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
258 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
4 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 [+]	✕	7 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	4	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	26 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	9	-
Journalism	✔	17	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	110 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	89	-
Computer Science	✕	20	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	183 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	129	$42,300
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	14	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	40	$35,400
Engineering [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	7	-
Civil Engineering	✕	8	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	16	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	7	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	19 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	12	-
Creative Writing	✕	7	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (2 completers)	27 completers	$41,100
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	6	$41,100
General Studies	✔	21	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	5	-
Biostatistics	✕	2	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	13	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	56 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	29	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	27	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	10	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Psychology	✕	11	-
School Psychology	✕	2	-
Educational Psychology	✔	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	13	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	68 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	6	$40,500
Social Work	✔	62	$45,700
Social Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	13	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	6	-
Sociology	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	8	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	6	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	4	-
Music	✔	23	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	220 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	34	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	✔	24	-
Public Health	✔	48	$40,300
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✕	23	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	91	$90,100
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	247 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	204	$67,800
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	1	-
Accounting	✔	42	$58,800
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	0	-
History [+]	✔	9 completers	-
History	✔	9	-
	Total	1,162

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	2	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	11	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	26 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	13	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	8	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	4	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	0	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Engineering	✕	20	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Epidemiology	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	6	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	25 completers	-
Psychology	✕	15	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	5	-
Educational Psychology	✔	5	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health Policy Analysis	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Music	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	11	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	3	-
Public Health	✕	2	-
Nursing Education	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	10	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	174

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	121 completers	-
Law	✕	121	-
	Total	121

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
African-American/Black Studies	✔	1	-
Women's Studies	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Journalism	✔	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	41 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✔	7	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	0	-
Information Technology Project Management	✔	34	-
Education [+]	✔ (7 completers)	52 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	18	-
Community College Education	✔	0	-
Urban Education and Leadership	✕	0	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	17	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✔	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	3	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	4	-
Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor	✔	2	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Human Nutrition	✔	3	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	4	-
Library Science [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✔	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✔	4	-
Cognitive Science	✕	6	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	0	-
Educational Psychology	✕	3	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Social Work (other)	✔	10	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	7 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	6	-
American Government and Politics (United States	✔	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Music	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (5 completers)	33 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✕	0	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✕	16	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✔	5	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	0	-
Public Health	✕	1	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✔	5	-
Health Services Administration	✔	0	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	1	-
Nursing Education	✔	1	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	4	-
Business [+]	✔	76 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	2	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	0	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	3	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✔	2	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Knowledge Management	✕	11	-
Management Science	✕	57	-
	Total	258

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Education	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Graduate Student Population at Memphis

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,920 students enrolled into University of Memphis graduate schools where it has total 21,917 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,255 full-time and 2,665 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,898 male and 3,022 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	4,920	1,898	3,022
Full-time	2,255	929	1,326
Part-tme	2,665	969	1,696

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

There are 2,348 White (47.72%), 1,307 Black/African American (26.57%), 193 Hispanic (3.92%), 197 Asian (4.00%), and 875 students with other races. 695 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,920	1,898	3,022
American Indian/Native American	15	8	7
Asian	197	74	123
Black/African American	1,307	323	984
Hispanic	193	80	113
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	2,348	929	1,419
Two More	102	40	62
Un-Known	61	28	33
Non-resident Alien	695	415	280

University of Memphis offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,974 graduate students (40.12% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,040 graduate students (21.14% 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	4,920
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,974
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,040
Not in Online Courses	1,906

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Memphis. 1,197 students are aged 20 to 24 (24.33% of total students), 292 students are aged above 50 (5.93%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Memphis.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,920	1,898	3,022
Age 20-21	37	14	23
Age 22-24	1,160	445	715
Age 25-29	1,526	605	921
Age 30-34	829	343	486
Age 35-39	510	216	294
Age 40-49	566	185	381
Age 50-64	269	82	187
Over 64	23	8	15

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