Graduate Programs at University of Southern Indiana

Graduate School Overview

University of Southern Indiana (referred to as USI) is a Public, 4 years school located in Evansville, IN. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1974 - Current[Estimated Date]).

USI Directory Information
School Name	University of Southern Indiana (USI)
Address	8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712
Phone	812-464-8600
Web	https://www.usi.edu
Online Application	https://www.usi.edu/admissions
Financial Info	https://www.usi.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Southern Indiana is $10,607 for Indiana residents and $20,250 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,823 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,178 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 108 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 22 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,250 $10,607 for Indiana Residents
Student Population	1,823
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	108 graduate programs (22 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Southern Indiana is $10,607 for Indiana residents and $20,250 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $419 for Indiana residents and $821 for out-of-state students.

University of Southern Indiana offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of Southern Indiana 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

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Southern Indiana is $10,607 for Indiana residents and $20,250 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.20% 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
	Indiana Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,300	$520	$18,184	$520
2019-2020	$9,486	$560	$18,528	$560
2020-2021	$10,246	$570	$19,469	$570
2021-2022	$9,894	$490	$19,325	$490
2022-2023	$10,117	$490	$19,760	$490

The graduate school tuition & fees of USI is average compared to public graduate schools in Indiana. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Indiana graduate tuition is $19,577 (public) / $20,840 (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 Southern Indiana	$10,607	$20,250
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Indiana Graduate Schools	$15,230	$20,035
Public	$8,784	$19,577
Private	$20,840

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $12,858 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Southern Indiana. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.37% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,994. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.27% 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	$9,102	$2,490	$10,470	$3,094
2019-2020	$9,374	$2,700	$10,600	$3,300
2020-2021	$9,514	$2,300	$10,750	$3,000
2021-2022	$9,772	$2,300	$10,884	$2,800
2022-2023	$10,058	$2,300	$11,194	$2,800

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $419 for Indiana residents and $821 for other students at University of Southern Indiana. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.24% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Indiana Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$387	$757
2019-2020	$395	$643
2020-2021	$400	$785
2021-2022	$410	$803
2022-2023	$419	$821

Graduate Programs at USI

University of Southern Indiana offers 35 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, 790 students have completed their study at University of Southern Indiana.

Offered Degrees at University of Southern Indiana
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	23	10	761
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	0
Doctor's degree - other	2	2	4
Post Bachelor's Degree	2	0	4
Post Master's Degree	7	6	21
Total	35	19	790

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Family Practice Nurse/Nursing program with 8 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 515 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Nursing Practice program with 3 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Southern Indiana
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	8	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	7	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✔	5	-
Accounting	✔	4	-
Accounting	✔	3	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Southern Indiana
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	515	$58,700
Business Administration and Management	✕	405	$58,700
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	55	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	52	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	51	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Southern Indiana
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Practice	✔	3	-
Nursing Administration	✔	2	-
Nursing Practice	✔	2	-
Nursing Administration	✔	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	-

University of Southern Indiana offers 35 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 790 students have completed their graduate studies.

761 students have earned/completed Master's program.
4 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
4 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
21 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
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	19 completers	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	✕	3	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	2	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	7	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	2 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	13	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (5 completers)	200 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	24	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	✕	51	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	30	-
Nursing Education	✕	6	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
Nursing Administration	✔	7	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	6	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	47	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	13	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✔	16	-
Business [+]	✕	515 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	515	$58,700
Operations Management and Supervision	✕	0	-
	Total	761

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	4 completers	-
Nursing Administration	✔	1	-
Nursing Practice	✔	3	-
	Total	4

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Accounting	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	21 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✔	2	-
Nursing Education	✕	0	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	1	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✔	8	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	7	-
Clinical Nurse Specialist	✔	1	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✔	2	-
	Total	21

Graduate Student Population at USI

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,848 students enrolled into University of Southern Indiana graduate schools where it has total 9,178 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 376 full-time and 1,472 part-time graduate students. By gender, 678 male and 1,170 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	1,848	678	1,170
Full-time	376	114	262
Part-tme	1,472	564	908

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

There are 1,423 White (77.00%), 161 Black/African American (8.71%), 80 Hispanic (4.33%), 74 Asian (4.00%), and 110 students with other races. 25 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,848	678	1,170
American Indian/Native American	3	3	0
Asian	74	33	41
Black/African American	161	58	103
Hispanic	80	27	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	1,423	507	916
Two More	36	17	19
Un-Known	44	21	23
Non-resident Alien	25	10	15

University of Southern Indiana offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,666 graduate students (90.15% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 111 graduate students (6.01% 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	1,848
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,666
Enrolled Some Online Courses	111
Not in Online Courses	71

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Southern Indiana. 359 students are aged 20 to 24 (19.43% of total students), 134 students are aged above 50 (7.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Southern Indiana.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,848	678	1,170
Age 20-21	25	6	19
Age 22-24	334	102	232
Age 25-29	452	179	273
Age 30-34	305	131	174
Age 35-39	249	99	150
Age 40-49	349	114	235
Age 50-64	130	46	84
Over 64	4	1	3

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