Graduate Programs at University of North Alabama

Graduate School Overview

University of North Alabama (referred to as UNA) is a Public, 4 years school located in Florence, AL. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1934 - Current).

UNA Directory Information
School Name	University of North Alabama (UNA)
Address	One Harrison Plaza, Florence, AL 35632-0001
Phone	256-765-4100
Web	https://www.una.edu
Online Application	https://www.applyweb.com/aw?una
Financial Info	https://www.una.edu/financial-aid/index.html

The 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at University of North Alabama is $7,140 for Alabama residents and $13,860 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,140 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 8,086 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 78 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 22 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2022 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$13,860 $7,140 for Alabama Residents
Student Population	2,140
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	78 graduate programs (22 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of North Alabama is $7,140 for Alabama residents and $13,860 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2021-2022. The tuition per credit hour is $367 for Alabama residents and $740 for out-of-state students.

University of North Alabama offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of North Alabama 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, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	22 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2022 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2021-2022, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of North Alabama is $7,140 for Alabama residents and $13,860 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2021-2022 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Alabama Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2017-2018	$5,868	$1,484	$11,736	$1,484
2018-2019	$5,868	$1,244	$11,736	$1,244
2019-2020	$6,660	$540	$13,320	$540
2020-2021	$6,660	$540	$13,320	$540
2021-2022	$6,600	$540	$13,320	$540

The graduate school tuition & fees of UNA is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,204 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $20,405 (public) / $12,556 (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 North Alabama	$7,140	$13,860
All Graduate Schools	$15,958	$19,204
Public	$11,320	$20,434
Private	$19,234
Alabama Graduate Schools	$10,843	$16,105
Public	$9,627	$20,405
Private	$12,556

For academic year 2021-2022, the living costs are $10,766 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of North Alabama. On-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $10,766. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2021-2022 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2017-2018	$7,484	$2,800	$7,484	$2,800
2018-2019	$7,670	$2,800	$7,670	$2,800
2019-2020	$7,830	$2,800	$7,830	$2,800
2020-2021	$7,966	$2,800	$7,966	$2,800
2021-2022	$7,966	$2,800	$7,966	$2,800

For academic year 2021-2022, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $367 for Alabama residents and $740 for other students at University of North Alabama. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2021-2022 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alabama Residents	Out-of-State
2017-2018	$326	$652
2018-2019	$326	$652
2019-2020	$370	$740
2020-2021	$370	$740
2021-2022	$367	$740

Graduate Programs at UNA

University of North Alabama offers 40 graduate programs for Master's 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, 488 students have completed their study at University of North Alabama.

Offered Degrees at University of North Alabama
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	25	10	429
Post Bachelor's Degree	12	2	27
Post Master's Degree	3	3	32
Total	40	15	488

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Education program with 24 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 221 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of North Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education	✔	24	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	15	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	15	-
Youth Services/Administration	✔	14	-
Youth Services/Administration	✔	14	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of North Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	221	$61,900
Business Administration and Management	✕	210	$61,900
Business Administration and Management	✕	182	$61,900
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	48	$67,400
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	38	$67,400

University of North Alabama offers 40 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 488 students have completed their graduate studies.

429 students have earned/completed Master's program.
27 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
32 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
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	97 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	10	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	8	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	9	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	32	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	26	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	7	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	5 completers	-
Family Systems	✔	3	-
Family and Community Services	✔	2	-
English Language And Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Writing	✔	5	-
Mathematics And Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✔	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	20 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies (other)	✕	15	-
Psychology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	11	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	11	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Social Work	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Geography (other)	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	37 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	37	$67,400
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	216 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	210	$61,900
Accounting	✔	6	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
Public/Applied History	✕	1	-
	Total	429

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Family and Community Services	✔	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Youth Services/Administration	✕	14	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	5	-
Sociology	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Project Management	✕	0	-
Business/Managerial Economics	✕	2	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	0	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Public/Applied History	✕	0	-
	Total	27

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	32 completers	-
Education	✔	14	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	15	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	3	-
	Total	32

Graduate Student Population at UNA

For academic year 2021-2022, total 2,140 students enrolled into University of North Alabama graduate schools where it has total 8,086 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 563 full-time and 1,577 part-time graduate students. By gender, 774 male and 1,366 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	2,140	774	1,366
Full-time	563	170	393
Part-tme	1,577	604	973

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

There are 1,512 White (70.65%), 326 Black/African American (15.23%), 77 Hispanic (3.60%), 72 Asian (3.36%), and 153 students with other races. 69 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,140	774	1,366
American Indian/Native American	10	3	7
Asian	72	36	36
Black/African American	326	87	239
Hispanic	77	25	52
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,512	564	948
Two More	44	18	26
Un-Known	30	15	15
Non-resident Alien	69	26	43

University of North Alabama offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,869 graduate students (87.34% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 155 graduate students (7.24% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.