Graduate Programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Graduate School Overview

University of North Carolina at Charlotte (referred to as UNC Charlotte) is a Public, 4 years school located in Charlotte, NC.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1957 - Current[Estimated Date]).

UNC Charlotte Directory Information
School Name	University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte)
Address	9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Phone	704-687-2000
Web	https://www.uncc.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.uncc.edu/admissions/apply-now
Financial Info	https://ninercentral.uncc.edu/financial-aid/aid-basics

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UNC Charlotte is $7,869 for North Carolina residents and $22,438 for out-of-state students. The school has 6,090 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 29,551 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 206 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 42 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$22,438 $7,869 for North Carolina Residents
Student Population	6,090
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	206 graduate programs (42 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UNC Charlotte is $7,869 for North Carolina residents and $22,438 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $241 for North Carolina residents and $1,027 for out-of-state students.

UNC Charlotte offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
North Carolina Residents	$7,869
Out-of-State	$22,438
Tuition per Credit Hour
North Carolina Residents	$241
Out-of-State	$1,027

UNC Charlotte 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	42 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

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $7,869 for North Carolina residents and $22,438 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.53% 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
	North Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,337	$3,041	$17,771	$3,041
2019-2020	$4,337	$3,093	$17,771	$3,093
2020-2021	$4,337	$3,284	$17,771	$3,284
2021-2022	$4,337	$3,376	$17,771	$3,376
2022-2023	$4,337	$3,402	$18,482	$3,402
2023-2024	$4,467	$3,402	$19,036	$3,402

The graduate school tuition & fees of UNC Charlotte is average compared to public graduate schools in North Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the North Carolina graduate tuition is $22,600 (public) / $15,605 (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 North Carolina at Charlotte	$7,869	$22,438
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
North Carolina Graduate Schools	$12,485	$17,525
Public	$8,436	$22,600
Private	$15,605

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,508 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UNC Charlotte.

On-campus living costs are increased by 6.88% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,508. Off-campus living costs are increased by 7.14% 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	$12,432	$3,159	$10,433	$3,487
2019-2020	$13,224	$3,640	$10,985	$3,968
2020-2021	$12,800	$3,768	$11,000	$4,308
2021-2022	$12,895	$2,633	$12,895	$2,633
2022-2023	$12,896	$2,550	$12,858	$2,550
2023-2024	$13,864	$2,644	$13,864	$2,644

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $245 for North Carolina residents and $1,053 for other students at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.53% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	North Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$410	$1,156
2019-2020	$413	$1,159
2020-2021	$423	$1,170
2021-2022	$241	$987
2022-2023	$241	$1,027
2023-2024	$245	$1,053

Graduate Programs at UNC Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers 136 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, 2,647 students have completed their study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Offered Degrees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	63	17	1,770
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	21	1	165
Doctor's degree - other	2	1	13
Post Bachelor's Degree	45	13	637
Post Master's Degree	5	2	62
Total	136	34	2,647

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) program with 338 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer Science program with 191 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Computer and Information Sciences program with 21 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	338	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✔	47	-
Urban Education and Leadership	✔	39	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	27	$50,900
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	27	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer Science	✕	191	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	175	$82,600
Social Work	✔	96	$40,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	88	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	85	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	21	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	16	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	14	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	12	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	12	-

University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers 136 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,647 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,770 students have earned/completed Master's program.
13 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
637 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
62 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 [+]	✕	52 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	12	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	40	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	10	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	277 completers	$71,500
Information Technology	✕	41	-
Computer Science	✕	191	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	45	-
Education [+]	✔ (8 completers)	395 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	55	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	59	$50,500
Urban Education and Leadership	✔	33	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	19	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	25	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✔	4	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	66	$39,500
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	22	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	84	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	27	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	80 completers	-
Engineering	✕	1	-
Civil Engineering	✕	17	-
Computer Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	18	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	28	-
Construction Engineering	✔	10	-
Engineering (other)	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	12	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	4	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✔	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	25 completers	$42,700
English Language and Literature	✕	25	$42,700
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	7	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Bioinformatics	✕	15	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	44 completers	-
Mathematics	✔	5	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	39	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	2	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Ethics	✕	6	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	9	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	9	-
Physics	✕	7	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	14	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	125 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	29	$45,700
Social Work	✔	96	$40,500
Social Sciences [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	9	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	21	-
Geography	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	209 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	29	$53,500
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✔	10	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	14	-
Public Health	✕	30	-
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	✕	26	-
Medical Informatics	✔	12	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	88	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	362 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	175	$82,600
Accounting	✕	41	$55,700
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	44	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	85	-
Real Estate	✕	17	-
History [+]	✕	18 completers	-
History	✕	18	-
	Total	1,770

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	21	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	42 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	7	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	5	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	8	-
Engineering [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Civil Engineering	✕	5	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	8	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	14	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Bioinformatics	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	11	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences (other)	✕	7	-
Psychology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Public Health	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
	Total	165

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✔	1	-
Business [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	12	-
	Total	13

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	7	-
Computer Science	✔	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (4 completers)	431 completers	-
Urban Education and Leadership	✔	39	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	27	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	6	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✔	14	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	7	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	338	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Bioinformatics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	17	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Psychology	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	27 completers	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✔	-	-
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist	✕	-	-
Medical Informatics	✕	23	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	4	-
Business [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	5	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	47	-
	Total	637

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	60 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	27	$50,900
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	17	$34,600
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	16	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
	Total	62

Graduate Student Population at UNC Charlotte

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 6,090 students enrolled into University of North Carolina at Charlotte graduate schools where it has total 29,551 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,879 full-time and 3,211 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,413 male and 3,677 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	6,090	2,413	3,677
Full-time	2,879	1,300	1,579
Part-tme	3,211	1,113	2,098

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

There are 2,760 White (45.32%), 997 Black/African American (16.37%), 395 Hispanic (6.49%), 285 Asian (4.68%), and 1,653 students with other races. 1,401 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,090	2,413	3,677
American Indian/Native American	10	4	6
Asian	285	129	156
Black/African American	997	270	727
Hispanic	395	124	271
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	0	3
White	2,760	984	1,776
Two More	163	50	113
Un-Known	76	34	42
Non-resident Alien	1,401	818	583

University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,853 graduate students (30.43% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,616 graduate students (26.54% 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	6,090
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,853
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,616
Not in Online Courses	2,621

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 1,939 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.84% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 357 students are aged above 50 (5.86%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,090	2,413	3,677
Age 18-19	2	0	2
Age 20-21	202	95	107
Age 22-24	1,737	722	1,015
Age 25-29	1,662	673	989
Age 30-34	846	377	469
Age 35-39	570	238	332
Age 40-49	714	204	510
Age 50-64	339	100	239
Over 64	18	4	14

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