Graduate Programs at University of West Alabama

Graduate School Overview

University of West Alabama (referred to as West Alabama) is a Public, 4 years school located in Livingston, AL.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1938 - Current[Estimated Date]).

West Alabama Directory Information
School Name	University of West Alabama (West Alabama)
Address	Station One, Livingston, AL 35470
Phone	205-652-3400
Web	https://www.uwa.edu
Online Application	https://www.uwa.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.uwa.edu/admissions/undergraduate/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of West Alabama is $6,868 for Alabama residents and $13,546 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,433 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 5,860 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 55 graduate programs through Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 18 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$13,546 $6,868 for Alabama Residents
Student Population	3,433
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	55 graduate programs (18 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at West Alabama is $6,868 for Alabama residents and $13,546 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $371 for Alabama residents and $742 for out-of-state students.

West Alabama offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Alabama Residents	$6,868
Out-of-State	$13,546
Tuition per Credit Hour
Alabama Residents	$371
Out-of-State	$742

West 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, 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)	18 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Air Force) Study abroad 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 West Alabama is $6,868 for Alabama residents and $13,546 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
	Alabama Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190
2019-2020	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190
2020-2021	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190
2021-2022	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190
2022-2023	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190
2023-2024	$6,678	$190	$13,356	$190

The graduate school tuition & fees of West Alabama is inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Alabama. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Alabama graduate tuition is $21,404 (public) / $13,479 (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 West Alabama	$6,868	$13,546
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Alabama Graduate Schools	$11,128	$16,835
Public	$10,239	$21,404
Private	$13,479

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $11,766 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at West Alabama.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.03% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $10,800. Off-campus living costs are stayed same 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	$7,080	$3,505	$7,122	$3,505
2019-2020	$7,510	$3,505	$7,200	$3,505
2020-2021	$7,510	$3,505	$7,200	$3,505
2021-2022	$7,594	$3,505	$7,200	$3,505
2022-2023	$7,820	$3,600	$7,200	$3,600
2023-2024	$8,166	$3,600	$7,200	$3,600

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $371 for Alabama residents and $742 for other students at University of West Alabama. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Alabama Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$371	$742
2019-2020	$371	$742
2020-2021	$371	$742
2021-2022	$371	$742
2022-2023	$371	$742
2023-2024	$371	$742

Graduate Programs at West Alabama

University of West Alabama offers 25 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, 1,411 students have completed their study at University of West Alabama.

Offered Degrees at University of West Alabama
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	17	8	1,214
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	1	14
Post Master's Degree	6	4	183
Total	25	13	1,411

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 75 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Elementary Education and Teaching program with 270 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Education (other) program with 14 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of West Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	75	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	38	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	32	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	19	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	14	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of West Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	270	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	130	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	116	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	115	$59,500
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	100	$51,600

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of West Alabama
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✕	14	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	-	-

University of West Alabama offers 25 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,411 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,214 students have earned/completed Master's program.
183 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 [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	34	-
Education [+]	✔ (4 completers)	983 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	115	$59,500
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	34	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	45	$45,100
Special Education and Teaching	✕	96	$46,400
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	100	$51,600
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✔	47	$45,300
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	270	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	130	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	88	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	58	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Conservation Biology	✕	18	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✔	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	57 completers	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	3	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✔	9	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	45	-
Business [+]	✔	116 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	116	-
	Total	1,214

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Education (other)	✕	14	-
Business [+]	✔	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	-	-
	Total	14

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔	183 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	75	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	14	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	38	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✔	19	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	32	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
	Total	183

Graduate Student Population at West Alabama

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 3,433 students enrolled into University of West Alabama graduate schools where it has total 5,860 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,085 full-time and 348 part-time graduate students. By gender, 717 male and 2,716 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	3,433	717	2,716
Full-time	3,085	622	2,463
Part-tme	348	95	253

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

There are 1,798 White (52.37%), 998 Black/African American (29.07%), 82 Hispanic (2.39%), 6 Asian (0.17%), and 549 students with other races. 29 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,433	717	2,716
American Indian/Native American	23	4	19
Asian	6	2	4
Black/African American	998	173	825
Hispanic	82	24	58
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	1,798	400	1,398
Two More	53	13	40
Un-Known	442	87	355
Non-resident Alien	29	14	15

University of West Alabama offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 3,190 graduate students (92.92% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 92 graduate students (2.68% 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	3,433
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,190
Enrolled Some Online Courses	92
Not in Online Courses	151

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of West Alabama. 472 students are aged 20 to 24 (13.75% of total students), 267 students are aged above 50 (7.78%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of West Alabama.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,433	717	2,716
Age 20-21	13	1	12
Age 22-24	459	125	334
Age 25-29	803	197	606
Age 30-34	582	116	466
Age 35-39	474	82	392
Age 40-49	716	131	585
Age 50-64	260	44	216
Over 64	7	1	6
Age Un-Known	119	20	99

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