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.

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 of Memphis is $11,214 for Tennessee residents and $15,228 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	$15,228 $11,214 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 Memphis is $11,214 for Tennessee residents and $15,228 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.

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

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tennessee Residents	$11,214
Out-of-State	$15,228
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tennessee Residents	$521
Out-of-State	$733

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 $11,214 for Tennessee residents and $15,228 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.42% 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
2023-2024	$9,576	$1,638	$13,590	$1,638

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 $19,793 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
University of Memphis	$11,214	$15,228
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 $16,806 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Memphis.

On-campus living costs are increased by 1.98% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,610. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.90% 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
2023-2024	$10,344	$6,462	$12,148	$6,462

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $536 for Tennessee residents and $758 for other students at University of Memphis. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.41% 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
2023-2024	$536	$758

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.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at 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)	✕	-	-
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	✔	-	-
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	✕	-	-
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	✕	-	-
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	✕	-	-
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)	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	-	-
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	✔	-	-
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
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Journalism	✔	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	-	-
Computer Science	✔	7	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	21 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	18	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	3	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✔	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Educational Psychology	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Music	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Public Health	✕	1	-
Nursing Education	✔	1	-
Business [+]	✔	3 completers	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	3	-
	Total	258

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

Graduate Student Population at Memphis

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,209 students enrolled into University of Memphis graduate schools where it has total 21,917 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,689 full-time and 2,520 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,195 male and 3,014 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	5,209	2,195	3,014
Full-time	2,689	1,333	1,356
Part-tme	2,520	862	1,658

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

There are 2,070 White (39.74%), 1,199 Black/African American (23.02%), 188 Hispanic (3.61%), 160 Asian (3.07%), and 1,592 students with other races. 1,429 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,209	2,195	3,014
American Indian/Native American	12	5	7
Asian	160	60	100
Black/African American	1,199	316	883
Hispanic	188	72	116
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	2,070	778	1,292
Two More	102	37	65
Un-Known	47	18	29
Non-resident Alien	1,429	908	521

University of Memphis offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,851 graduate students (35.53% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,353 graduate students (25.97% 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	5,209
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,851
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,353
Not in Online Courses	2,005

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Memphis. 1,558 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.91% of total students), 305 students are aged above 50 (5.86%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Memphis.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,209	2,195	3,014
Age 20-21	83	44	39
Age 22-24	1,475	702	773
Age 25-29	1,567	668	899
Age 30-34	786	356	430
Age 35-39	438	174	264
Age 40-49	555	167	388
Age 50-64	279	76	203
Over 64	26	8	18

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