Graduate Programs at University of West Georgia

Graduate School Overview

University of West Georgia (referred to as West Georgia) is a Public, 4 years school located in Carrollton, GA. It is classified as a Doctoral/Research University school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1936 - Current).

West Georgia Directory Information
School Name	University of West Georgia (West Georgia)
Address	1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118-0001
Phone	678-839-5000
Web	https://www.westga.edu
Online Application	https://www.westga.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.westga.edu/finaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of West Georgia is $5,908 for Georgia residents and $18,400 for out-of-state students. The school has 3,227 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 11,893 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 86 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,400 $5,908 for Georgia Residents
Student Population	3,227
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	86 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of West Georgia is $5,908 for Georgia residents and $18,400 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $241 for Georgia residents and $935 for out-of-state students.

University of West Georgia offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of West Georgia 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)	4 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

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of West Georgia is $5,908 for Georgia residents and $18,400 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -3.06% 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
	Georgia Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$4,086	$2,024	$15,876	$2,024
2019-2020	$4,338	$2,024	$16,830	$2,024
2020-2021	$4,338	$2,150	$16,830	$2,150
2021-2022	$4,338	$2,150	$16,830	$2,150
2022-2023	$4,338	$1,570	$16,830	$1,570

The graduate school tuition & fees of West Georgia is average compared to public graduate schools in Georgia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Georgia graduate tuition is $18,795 (public) / $15,304 (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 West Georgia	$5,908	$18,400
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Georgia Graduate Schools	$12,353	$16,610
Public	$6,888	$18,795
Private	$15,304

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,860 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of West Georgia. On-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,272. Off-campus living costs are increased by 1.54% 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	$9,708	$6,800	$6,900	$6,800
2019-2020	$10,340	$7,294	$10,340	$7,294
2020-2021	$10,340	$7,294	$10,340	$7,294
2021-2022	$11,330	$7,652	$10,342	$7,652
2022-2023	$11,330	$7,652	$10,742	$7,530

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $241 for Georgia residents and $935 for other students at University of West Georgia. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Georgia Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$227	$882
2019-2020	$241	$935
2020-2021	$241	$935
2021-2022	$241	$935
2022-2023	$241	$935

Graduate Programs at West Georgia

University of West Georgia offers 42 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, 1,299 students have completed their study at University of West Georgia.

Offered Degrees at University of West Georgia
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	24	2	816
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	5	1	30
Post Bachelor's Degree	7	0	19
Post Master's Degree	6	0	434
Total	42	3	1,299

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational/Instructional Technology program with 180 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Teacher Education, Multiple Levels program with 126 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Education (other) program with 12 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of West Georgia
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	180	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	101	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	72	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	44	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	24	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of West Georgia
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	126	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	120	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	115	$59,800
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	66	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	55	$55,300

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of West Georgia
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✕	12	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	9	-
Community Psychology	✕	6	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	2	-
Nursing Education	✔	1	-

University of West Georgia offers 42 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,299 students have completed their graduate studies.

816 students have earned/completed Master's program.
19 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
434 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	13	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	444 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	15	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	55	$55,300
Special Education and Teaching	✕	39	$56,500
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	40	$38,800
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	120	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	126	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	19	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	30	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics (other)	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	19 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	19	-
Psychology [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Psychology	✕	15	-
Human Services [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	31	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Criminology	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Music	✕	22	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	100 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	66	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	34	$73,700
Business [+]	✕	127 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	115	$59,800
Accounting	✕	12	-
History [+]	✕	14 completers	-
History	✕	14	-
	Total	816

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	9	-
Education (other)	✕	12	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Community Psychology	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Nursing Education	✔	1	-
	Total	30

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✕	10	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	2	-
Public Administration	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	✕	1	-
Geography (other)	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Public/Applied History	✕	1	-
	Total	19

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	434 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	13	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	180	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	72	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	24	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	101	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	44	-
	Total	434

Graduate Student Population at West Georgia

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,149 students enrolled into University of West Georgia graduate schools where it has total 11,893 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 575 full-time and 2,574 part-time graduate students. By gender, 745 male and 2,404 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	3,149	745	2,404
Full-time	575	182	393
Part-tme	2,574	563	2,011

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

There are 1,958 White (62.18%), 820 Black/African American (26.04%), 123 Hispanic (3.91%), 33 Asian (1.05%), and 215 students with other races. 31 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,149	745	2,404
American Indian/Native American	5	4	1
Asian	33	8	25
Black/African American	820	205	615
Hispanic	123	24	99
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,958	448	1,510
Two More	77	23	54
Un-Known	102	20	82
Non-resident Alien	31	13	18

University of West Georgia offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,685 graduate students (85.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 205 graduate students (6.51% 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	3,149
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,685
Enrolled Some Online Courses	205
Not in Online Courses	259

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of West Georgia. 439 students are aged 20 to 24 (13.94% of total students), 348 students are aged above 50 (11.05%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of West Georgia.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,149	745	2,404
Age 20-21	14	2	12
Age 22-24	425	121	304
Age 25-29	645	178	467
Age 30-34	523	136	387
Age 35-39	467	109	358
Age 40-49	727	132	595
Age 50-64	342	63	279
Over 64	6	4	2

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