Graduate School Tuition at Fairfield University

Fairfield University (Fairfield) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Fairfield, CT.
It offers 86 graduate programs - 50 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 6 Post-bachelor's, and 24 Post-master's.
The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $20,740 for all graduate students. A total of 1,321 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 6,289 students at Fairfield.
Fairfield offers online graduate programs and 377 out of 1,321 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
You can find Fairfield's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $20,740. It offers eighty-six (86) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameFairfield University
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address1073 N Benson Rd, Fairfield, CT
Graduate School Students1,262 students
377 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$20,740
Student to Faculty12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 86 Graduate Programs
50 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 30 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Fairfield University

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Fairfield University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $20,740 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $982.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$20,625
Fees$115
Cost per Credit$982
Books & Supplies$1,175
Room & Board$17,400 (On-Campus) / $17,500 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,005 (On-Campus) / $2,005 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$41,320
Off-Campus Total$41,420
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
Tuition & Fees$18,890$19,267$19,498$20,149$20,740

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Fairfield University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 86 major areas - 50 Master's, 6 Doctorate, 6 Post-Bachelor's, 24 Post-Master's. 520 students have been conferred Master's degree and 48 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'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total52048-20
Men23510-2
Women28538-18

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.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Early Childhood Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher Education NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Financial Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER
Accounting NOT OFFER
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other)4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bilingual and Multilingual Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Leadership and Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational/Instructional Technology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher Education7 NOT OFFER
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Education (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Software Engineering9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Computer Engineering7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human Development and Family Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Creative Writing22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Humanities/Humanistic Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Mathematics14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Data Science, General11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Analytics1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial and Organizational Psychology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Interior Design5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Medical Office Management/Administration2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Clinical/Medical Social Work12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nurse Anesthetist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Practice8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management5 NOT OFFER
Accounting61 NOT OFFER
Finance1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Statistics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Taxation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
School Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 8
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Substance Abuse/Addiction CounselingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services TechnicianNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health Services/Liaison/CounselingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER
Accounting NOT OFFER
Finance NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Business/Trade/CommerceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Information SystemsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Taxation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Clinical Nutrition/NutritionistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nurse Anesthetist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nurse Midwife/Nursing MidwiferyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Practice NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Fairfield graduate schools have a total of 1,262 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 441 male and 821 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 606 full-time and 656 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 377 students enrolled through online exclusively and 287 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 821 White, 74 Black, and 42 Asian students are attending at Fairfield University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

20 grad students are younger than 22 and 293 students are older than 65. It has 740 students aged between 22 and 30 and 268 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total1,262
Men441
Women821
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total1,262
Full-time Students606
Part-time Students656
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total1,262
Asian42
Black74
Hispanic135
White821
Two or more races21
Un-Known114
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total1,262
21 & Under20
22-24448
25-29292
30-34164
35-39104
40 & Over293

Online Population

At Fairfield University graduate schools, 377 students enrolled online exclusively and 287 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,321
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses377
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses287
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses657
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses377
Connecticut Resident199
Other State In U.S.98
Outside of U.S.80
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