Graduate Programs at Western Illinois University

Graduate School Overview

Western Illinois University (referred to as Western Illinois) is a Public, 4 years school located in Macomb, IL.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1913 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Western Illinois Directory Information
School Name	Western Illinois University (Western Illinois)
Address	1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Phone	309-298-1414
Web	https://www.wiu.edu
Online Application	https://wiu.edu/admissions/apply_now
Financial Info	https://www.wiu.edu/student_services/financial_aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Western Illinois is $12,693 for Illinois residents and $13,290 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,334 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 7,643 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 126 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 32 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$13,290 $12,693 for Illinois Residents
Student Population	2,334
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	126 graduate programs (32 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Western Illinois is $12,693 for Illinois residents and $13,290 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $359.

Western Illinois offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Illinois Residents	$12,693
Out-of-State	$13,290
Tuition per Credit Hour
Illinois Residents	$359
Out-of-State	$359

Western Illinois 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)	32 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) 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 Western Illinois University is $12,693 for Illinois residents and $13,290 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.70% 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
	Illinois Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,767	$3,837	$7,767	$3,837
2019-2020	$7,962	$3,841	$7,962	$3,841
2020-2021	$8,156	$3,840	$8,156	$3,840
2021-2022	$8,319	$3,863	$8,319	$3,863
2022-2023	$8,609	$4,084	$8,609	$4,084
2023-2024	-	-	$8,867	$4,423

The graduate school tuition & fees of Western Illinois is relatively inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,738 (public) / $21,100 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Western Illinois University	$12,693	$13,290
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,871	$20,166
Public	$11,992	$18,738
Private	$21,100

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,261 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Western Illinois.

On-campus living costs are increased by 1.40% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,261. 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	$9,630	$2,216	$9,630	$3,856
2019-2020	$9,800	$2,292	$9,800	$4,112
2020-2021	$9,800	$2,230	$9,800	$4,030
2021-2022	$10,192	$2,339	$10,192	$4,079
2022-2023	$10,500	$2,021	$10,500	$3,761
2023-2024	$10,920	$1,776	$10,920	$3,341

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $376 at Western Illinois University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.74% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$324
2019-2020	$332
2020-2021	$340
2021-2022	$347
2022-2023	$359
2023-2024	$376

Graduate Programs at Western Illinois

Western Illinois University offers 56 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, 578 students have completed their study at Western Illinois University.

Offered Degrees at Western Illinois University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	43	11	541
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	4
Post Bachelor's Degree	11	6	33
Total	56	17	578

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Business Statistics program with 16 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 76 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Administration and Supervision (other) program with 4 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Western Illinois University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Statistics	✕	16	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	4	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	2	-
Health Teacher Education	✔	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Western Illinois University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	76	$61,800
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	43	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	31	$71,700
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	28	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	26	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Western Illinois University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	4	-
Environmental Science	✕	-	-

Western Illinois University offers 56 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 578 students have completed their graduate studies.

541 students have earned/completed Master's program.
33 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
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Radio and Television	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	43	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	173 completers	-
Education	✔	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	31	$71,700
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	✕	4	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	19	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	1	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	7	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	22	$36,200
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	28	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	26	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	-	-
Health Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✔	1	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	9	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	9	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (2 completers)	27 completers	-
Mathematics	✔	5	-
Statistics	✔	22	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✕	13	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	9	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	10	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	17	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	10	-
Physics	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
School Psychology	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	25 completers	$48,000
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	25	-
Human Services [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	16	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	9	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	1	-
Music	✕	17	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	15	$47,200
Music Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	89 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	76	$61,800
Accounting	✔	13	$52,900
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	541

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	-	-
Environmental Science	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	4 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	2	-
Health Teacher Education	✔	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Museology/Museum Studies	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Community Organization and Advocacy	✕	2	-
Business	✕	-	-
	Total	33

Graduate Student Population at Western Illinois

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,334 students enrolled into Western Illinois University graduate schools where it has total 7,643 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,267 full-time and 1,067 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,043 male and 1,291 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	2,334	1,043	1,291
Full-time	1,267	694	573
Part-tme	1,067	349	718

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

There are 1,048 White (44.90%), 141 Black/African American (6.04%), 110 Hispanic (4.71%), 17 Asian (0.73%), and 1,018 students with other races. 927 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,334	1,043	1,291
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	17	5	12
Black/African American	141	65	76
Hispanic	110	30	80
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	1,048	357	691
Two More	30	9	21
Un-Known	59	27	32
Non-resident Alien	927	550	377

Western Illinois University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 870 graduate students (37.28% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 911 graduate students (39.03% 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	2,334
Enrolled Online Exclusively	870
Enrolled Some Online Courses	911
Not in Online Courses	553

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Western Illinois University. 742 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.79% of total students), 133 students are aged above 50 (5.70%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Western Illinois University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,334	1,043	1,291
Age 20-21	46	19	27
Age 22-24	696	359	337
Age 25-29	625	286	339
Age 30-34	347	157	190
Age 35-39	203	88	115
Age 40-49	284	85	199
Age 50-64	115	39	76
Over 64	18	10	8

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