Graduate Programs at University of South Florida

Graduate School Overview

University of South Florida (referred to as USF) is a Public, 4 years school located in Tampa, 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 (1/1/1965 - Current).

USF Directory Information
School Name	University of South Florida (USF)
Address	4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-9951
Phone	813-974-2011
Web	https://www.usf.edu
Online Application	https://secure.vzcollegeapp.com/usf
Financial Info	https://usfweb2.usf.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of South Florida is $10,428 for Florida residents and $21,126 for out-of-state students. The school has 11,697 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 49,708 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 260 graduate programs through Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 31 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$21,126 $10,428 for Florida Residents
Student Population	11,697
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	260 graduate programs (31 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	22 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of South Florida is $10,428 for Florida residents and $21,126 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $435 for Florida residents and $880 for out-of-state students.

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

University of South 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)	31 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 South Florida is $10,428 for Florida residents and $21,126 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	$8,350	$2,078	$19,048	$2,078
2019-2020	$8,350	$2,078	$19,048	$2,078
2020-2021	$8,350	$2,078	$19,048	$2,078
2021-2022	$8,350	$2,078	$19,048	$2,078
2022-2023	$8,350	$2,078	$19,048	$2,078

The graduate school tuition & fees of USF 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 South Florida	$10,428	$21,126
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 $17,472 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of South Florida. On-campus living costs are increased by 4.82% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,694. Off-campus living costs are increased by 16.72% 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	$11,610	$4,100	$9,820	$4,100
2019-2020	$11,836	$4,100	$9,920	$4,100
2020-2021	$12,256	$4,100	$10,062	$4,100
2021-2022	$12,568	$4,100	$10,202	$4,100
2022-2023	$12,622	$4,850	$11,844	$4,850

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $435 for Florida residents and $880 for other students at University of South 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	$431	$877
2019-2020	$431	$877
2020-2021	$435	$880
2021-2022	$435	$880
2022-2023	$435	$880

Graduate Programs at USF

University of South Florida offers 164 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, 4,271 students have completed their study at University of South Florida.

Offered Degrees at University of South Florida
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	113	22	3,539
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	45	1	381
Doctor's degree - other	4	0	336
Post Master's Degree	2	0	15
Total	164	23	4,271

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Curriculum and Instruction program with 13 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 374 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 173 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of South Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	10	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	4	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of South Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	374	$61,800
Business Administration and Management	✔	315	$61,800
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✔	287	$32,900
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	251	$93,600
Public Health	✔	236	$48,300

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of South Florida
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	173	-
Medicine	✕	172	-
Pharmacy	✕	95	-
Pharmacy	✕	92	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	72	$66,100

University of South Florida offers 164 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 4,271 students have completed their graduate studies.

3,539 students have earned/completed Master's program.
336 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
15 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
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	9	-
Architecture [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Architecture	✕	37	$42,400
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	12	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	4	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	0	-
Latin American Studies	✕	3	-
Women's Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	44 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	4	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	16	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Journalism (other)	✔	19	-
Advertising	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	257 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	14	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	20	-
Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst	✕	164	$81,900
Computer Science	✕	59	-
Education [+]	✔ (8 completers)	327 completers	-
Education	✕	3	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	58	$40,400
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	101	$57,100
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	21	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	19	$43,100
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✔	3	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✔	7	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	7	$42,500
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	7	$42,300
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	28	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	10	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Music Teacher Education	✔	14	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✔	9	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	16	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	8	-
Social Science Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✔	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	242 completers	-
Engineering	✕	0	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	15	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	11	-
Civil Engineering	✕	43	$64,900
Computer Engineering	✕	8	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	72	$87,100
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	13	-
Materials Engineering	✕	8	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	39	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	33	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	30 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	30	$78,600
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	7	-
French Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	8	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	19 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Creative Writing	✕	9	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	14	-
Library Science [+]	✔ (1 completers)	98 completers	$37,100
Library and Information Science	✔	98	$37,100
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	321 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	10	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	2	-
Bioinformatics	✕	6	-
Biotechnology	✕	10	-
Conservation Biology	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✔	287	$32,900
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Statistics	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	79 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	5	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	74	$34,000
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	24	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	29	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	1	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	106 completers	-
Psychology	✕	20	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Applied Psychology	✕	0	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✔	75	-
Psychology (other)	✕	0	$41,100
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	138 completers	$45,500
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	18	-
Critical Infrastructure Protection	✔	120	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	124 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	12	$50,300
Social Work	✔	112	$40,700
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	73 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	16	-
Criminology	✔	34	-
Economics	✕	13	-
Geography	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	13	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	9	-
Music Performance	✕	19	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	781 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	63	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	12	-
Physician Assistant	✕	48	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	32	-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	✔	22	-
Public Health	✔	204	$48,300
Public Health (other)	✕	20	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	36	-
Medical Informatics	✔	82	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	220	$93,600
Nurse Anesthetist	✕	42	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	643 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	43	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	374	$61,800
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	71	$59,000
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	41	-
Finance	✕	52	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	7	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	55	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	14 completers	-
History	✕	14	-
	Total	3,539

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	87 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	72	$66,100
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	6	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	9	-
Engineering [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Engineering	✕	0	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	3	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	3	-
Civil Engineering	✕	7	-
Computer Engineering	✕	20	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	19	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	6	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	8	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	0	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	6	-
Oncology and Cancer Biology	✕	3	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology (other)	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	2	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	38 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	15	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	11	-
Psychology [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Psychology	✕	10	-
School Psychology	✕	8	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Social Work	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	16	-
Criminology	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	3	-
Geography (other)	✕	7	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	14	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	5	-
Public Health	✕	22	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	✕	3	-
Nursing Science	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	28	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	381

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	336 completers	-
Medicine	✕	172	-
Pharmacy	✕	92	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	41	-
Nursing Practice	✕	31	-
	Total	336

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	10	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
	Total	15

Graduate Student Population at USF

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 11,697 students enrolled into University of South Florida graduate schools where it has total 49,708 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 6,573 full-time and 5,124 part-time graduate students. By gender, 4,520 male and 7,177 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	11,697	4,520	7,177
Full-time	6,573	2,800	3,773
Part-tme	5,124	1,720	3,404

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

There are 5,449 White (46.58%), 970 Black/African American (8.29%), 1,635 Hispanic (13.98%), 697 Asian (5.96%), and 2,946 students with other races. 1,968 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,697	4,520	7,177
American Indian/Native American	18	10	8
Asian	697	257	440
Black/African American	970	293	677
Hispanic	1,635	525	1,110
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	2	8
White	5,449	1,926	3,523
Two More	263	75	188
Un-Known	687	289	398
Non-resident Alien	1,968	1,143	825

University of South Florida offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 3,379 graduate students (28.89% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,252 graduate students (19.25% 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	11,697
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,379
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,252
Not in Online Courses	6,066

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of South Florida. 3,240 students are aged 20 to 24 (27.70% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.02%), 568 students are aged above 50 (4.86%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of South Florida.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,697	4,520	7,177
Age 18-19	2	2	0
Age 20-21	199	57	142
Age 22-24	3,041	1,115	1,926
Age 25-29	4,024	1,606	2,418
Age 30-34	1,770	740	1,030
Age 35-39	992	390	602
Age 40-49	1,096	384	712
Age 50-64	531	208	323
Over 64	37	18	19
Age Un-Known	5	0	5

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