Graduate School Tuition at Adams State University

Adams State University is a four-years, public school located in Alamosa, CO. It offers 11 graduate programs - 10 Master's, and 1 Doctorate. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $10,425 for Colorado residents and $13,161 for others. A total of 1,266 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,854 students at Adams State.

Adams State offers online graduate programs and 634 out of 1,266 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Clinical Psychology program has the highest salary ($44,600) after graduation and the Master's Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $42,800 average salary.

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Graduate Program Overview

Adams State University is a four-years, public school located in Alamosa, Colorado. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,425 for Colorado residents and $13,161 for out-of-state students. It offers eleven (11) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Adams State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	208 Edgemont Blvd, Alamosa, CO
Graduate School Students	1,303 students 634 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$10,425 Out-of-State$13,161
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 11 Graduate Programs 10 Master's, 1 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Adams State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For Colorado residents, the tuition & fees are $10,425 and $13,161 for non-Colorado residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $445 for Colorado residents and $520 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,704	$10,440
Fees	$2,721	$2,721
Cost per Credit	$445	$520
Books & Supplies	$1,460
Room & Board	$9,553 (On-Campus) / $14,679 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,410 (On-Campus) / $4,410 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,848	$28,584
Off-Campus Total	$30,974	$33,710

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$7,311	$10,551	$9,853	$10,425	$10,425
Out-of-State	$10,551	$10,551	$10,896	$13,161	$13,161

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Adams State University offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 11 major areas - 10 Master's (4 online programs), 1 Doctorate .

459 students have been conferred Master's degree and 7 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	459	7	-	-
Men	140	2	-	-
Women	319	5	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	56	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sports Studies	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	40^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American History (United States)	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,138 students enrolled in Adams State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,303 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 379 male and 924 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 739 full-time and 564 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 634 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 588 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,303	739	564
Men Students	379	154	225
Women Students	924	585	339

By race/ethnicity 869 White, 56 Black, and 28 Asian students are attending at Adams State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,303	379	924
American Indian or Native American	10	4	6
Asian	4	24	56
Black	56	30	26
Hispanic	204	68	136
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	3	2
White	869	223	646
Tow or More Races	34	11	23
Race Unknown	91	32	59

10 students are younger than 22 and 393 students are older than 65. The school has 402 students aged between 22 and 30 and 461 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,303
21 & Under	10
22-24	129
25-29	273
30-34	254
35-39	207
40 & Over	393

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Adams State, 634 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 588 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,266
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	634
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	588
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	44

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	634
Colorado Resident	286
Other State In U.S.	348
Outside of U.S.	0

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