Graduate School Tuition at National American University-Rapid City

National American University-Rapid City (National American University-Rapid City) is a four-year, private (for-profit) school located in Rapid City, SD.

It offers 15 graduate programs - 7 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 6 Post-bachelor's.

The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $16,425 for all graduate students. A total of 222 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 1,151 students at National American University-Rapid City.

National American University-Rapid City offers online graduate programs and 222 out of 222 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find National American University-Rapid City's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $16,425. It offers fifteen (15) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	National American University-Rapid City
Type	Four-year, Private (for-profit)
Address	5301 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD
Graduate School Students	262 students 222 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$16,425
Student to Faculty	6:1 (16.67%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 15 Graduate Programs 7 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at National American University-Rapid City

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at National American University-Rapid City with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $16,425 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $583.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$15,750
Fees	$675
Cost per Credit	$583
Room & Board	$14,400 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,987 (Off-Campus)
Off-Campus Total	$34,812

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$15,075	$15,075	$15,450	$16,425	$16,425

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

National American University-Rapid City offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 15 major areas - 7 Master's (7 online programs), 2 Doctorate (2 online programs), 6 Post-Bachelor's (6 online programs). 75 students have been conferred Master's degree and 17 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	75	17	8	-
Men	34	11	5	-
Women	41	6	3	-

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.

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Homeland Security	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Accounting and Finance	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	5^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Strategic Intelligence	6^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Homeland Security	1^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	55^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
International Business/Trade/Commerce	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community College Education	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Homeland Security	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Strategic Intelligence	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Homeland Security	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Accounting and Finance	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

National American University-Rapid City graduate schools have a total of 262 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 132 male and 130 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 91 full-time and 171 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 222 students enrolled through online exclusively.

By race/ethnicity 114 White, 71 Black, and 8 Asian students are attending at National American University-Rapid City. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

It has 18 students aged between 22 and 30 and 75 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	262
Men	132
Women	130

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	262
Full-time Students	91
Part-time Students	171

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	262
American Indian / Native American	7
Asian	8
Black	71
Hispanic	20
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	2
White	114
Two or more races	8
Un-Known	32

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	262
22-24	1
25-29	17
30-34	30
35-39	45
40 & Over	127

Online Population

At National American University-Rapid City graduate schools, 222 students enrolled online exclusively and 0 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	222
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	222
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	0

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	222
South Dakota Resident	14
Other State In U.S.	189
Outside of U.S.	18

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