Graduate Programs at Valparaiso University

Graduate School Overview

Valparaiso University (referred to as VU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Valparaiso, IN. It is classified as a Doctoral/Research University school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1929 - Current[Estimated Date]).

VU Directory Information
School Name	Valparaiso University (VU)
Address	US Highway 30 and Sturdy Road, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone	219-464-5000
Web	https://www.valpo.edu
Online Application	https://www.valpo.edu/admission/apply
Financial Info	https://www.valpo.edu/student-financial-services

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Valparaiso University is $12,220 in average. The school has 417 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,924 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 137 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$12,220
Student Population	417
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	137 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Valparaiso University is $12,220 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $650.

Valparaiso University offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Valparaiso University 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)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) 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 Valparaiso University is $12,220. 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
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,340	$520
2019-2020	$11,700	$520
2020-2021	$11,700	$520
2021-2022	$11,700	$520
2022-2023	$11,700	$520

The graduate school tuition & fees of VU is inexpensive compared to private 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
Valparaiso University	$12,220
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 $14,800 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Valparaiso University. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.13% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $10,520. 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	$11,860	$1,620	$8,900	$1,620
2019-2020	$12,260	$1,620	$8,900	$1,620
2020-2021	$12,620	$1,620	$8,900	$1,620
2021-2022	$12,872	$1,620	$8,900	$1,620
2022-2023	$13,180	$1,620	$8,900	$1,620

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $650 at Valparaiso University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$630
2019-2020	$650
2020-2021	$650
2021-2022	$650
2022-2023	$650

Graduate Programs at VU

Valparaiso University offers 52 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, 307 students have completed their study at Valparaiso University.

Offered Degrees at Valparaiso University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	26	209
Doctor's degree - other	3	17
Post Bachelor's Degree	22	81
Post Master's Degree	1	0
Total	52	307

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Valparaiso University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Business/Commerce program with 40 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Information Technology program with 57 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 21 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Valparaiso University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business/Commerce	✕	40	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	25	-
Business/Commerce	✕	24	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	14	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	-

Popular Master's Programs at Valparaiso University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Information Technology	✕	57	-
Information Technology	✕	48	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	24	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	24	$57,700
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	22	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Valparaiso University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	21	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	15	-
Nursing Practice	✕	12	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	9	-
Nursing Practice	✕	2	-

Valparaiso University offers 52 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 307 students have completed their graduate studies.

209 students have earned/completed Master's program.
17 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
81 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chinese Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	7	-
Sports Communication	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	48	-
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Education	✕	9	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Education (other)	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	1	-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	✕	10	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Computational Science	✕	7	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	11	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied and Professional Ethics	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	18	-
School Psychology	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	22	-
Physician Assistant	✕	19	-
Public Health	✕	5	-
Nursing Education	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	24	$57,700
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	2	-
	Total	209

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	15	-
Nursing Practice	✕	2	-
	Total	17

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	0	-
Sports Communication	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	1	-
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management (other)	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	0	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	1	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied and Professional Ethics	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	1	-
Nursing Education	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	72 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	40	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
Finance	✕	0	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	✕	25	-
Management Information Systems	✕	0	-
Management Science	✕	0	-
Actuarial Science	✕	0	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	0	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	4	-
	Total	81

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at VU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 417 students enrolled into Valparaiso University graduate schools where it has total 2,924 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 305 full-time and 112 part-time graduate students. By gender, 179 male and 238 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	417	179	238
Full-time	305	146	159
Part-tme	112	33	79

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

There are 210 White (50.36%), 16 Black/African American (3.84%), 26 Hispanic (6.24%), 6 Asian (1.44%), and 159 students with other races. 132 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	417	179	238
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	6	1	5
Black/African American	16	7	9
Hispanic	26	8	18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	210	51	159
Two More	7	3	4
Un-Known	19	10	9
Non-resident Alien	132	99	33

Valparaiso University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 72 graduate students (17.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 107 graduate students (25.66% 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	417
Enrolled Online Exclusively	72
Enrolled Some Online Courses	107
Not in Online Courses	238

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Valparaiso University. 214 students are aged 20 to 24 (51.32% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.24%), 17 students are aged above 50 (4.08%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Valparaiso University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	417	179	238
Age 18-19	1	1	0
Age 20-21	32	7	25
Age 22-24	182	88	94
Age 25-29	96	46	50
Age 30-34	28	9	19
Age 35-39	31	12	19
Age 40-49	27	10	17
Age 50-64	15	5	10
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	3	1	2

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