| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 2 | NOT OFFER |
| Divinity/Ministry | 5 | NOT OFFER |
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $22,604. It offers sixty-two (62) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
| School Name | Samford University |
|---|---|
| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
| Address | 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL |
| Graduate School Students | 2,151 students 207 students enrolled online exclusively |
| Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) | $22,604 |
| Student to Faculty | 14:1 (7.14%) |
| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 62 Graduate Programs 37 Master's, 14 Doctorate, 11 Post graduate certificates |
The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Samford University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $22,604 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $942.
| Amounts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $21,904 | |
| Fees | $700 | |
| Cost per Credit | $942 | |
| Books & Supplies | $1,200 | |
| Room & Board | $12,160 (On-Campus) / $20,139 (Off-Campus) | |
| Personal Expenses | $5,952 (On-Campus) / $6,687 (Off-Campus) | |
| On-Campus Total | $41,916 | |
| Off-Campus Total | $50,630 | |
| 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $18,364 | $21,227 | $21,575 | $21,921 | $22,604 |
Samford University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 62 major areas - 37 Master's (13 online programs), 14 Doctorate (7 online programs), 6 Post-Bachelor's (3 online programs), 5 Post-Master's (2 online programs). 349 students have been conferred Master's degree and 427 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.| Master's | Doctorate | Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 349 | 427 | 24 | 1 |
| Men | 105 | 130 | 8 | 1 |
| Women | 244 | 297 | 16 | - |
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.
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 2 | NOT OFFER |
| Divinity/Ministry | 5 | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietetics/Dietitian | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 15ONLINE | NOT OFFER |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | 1ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | 1ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Studies | 1ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Leadership and Administration | NOT OFFER | |||
| Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Special Education and Teaching | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 6 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Music Teacher Education | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies | 11ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 4ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law | 1ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Health Law | 2ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other) | 9ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious/Sacred Music | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Theology/Theological Studies | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Divinity/Ministry | 31 | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work | 23 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Keyboard Instruments | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Voice and Opera | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 20 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 4ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Physician Assistant | 35 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Public Health | 30ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Medical Informatics | 6ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Nursing Administration | ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Nurse Anesthetist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 39ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 3ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | 5ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | 63 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Accounting | 24 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Leadership and Administration | NOT OFFER | |||
| Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 1 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Leadership and Administration | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divinity/Ministry | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiology/Audiologist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Pharmacy | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Public Health | ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Medical Informatics | ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Nursing Administration | ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Nurse Anesthetist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE | ONLINE |
| Nursing Practice | NOT OFFER | ONLINE | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|
By attending status, there are 1,941 full-time and 210 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 207 students enrolled through online exclusively and 223 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 1,582 White, 314 Black, and 47 Asian students are attending at Samford University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
114 grad students are younger than 22 and 238 students are older than 65. It has 1,385 students aged between 22 and 30 and 273 students aged 30 to 40.
| Total | 2,151 |
|---|---|
| Men | 694 |
| Women | 1,457 |
| Total | 2,151 |
|---|---|
| Full-time Students | 1,941 |
| Part-time Students | 210 |
| Total | 2,151 |
|---|---|
| American Indian / Native American | 7 |
| Asian | 47 |
| Black | 314 |
| Hispanic | 85 |
| White | 1,582 |
| Two or more races | 45 |
| Un-Known | 63 |
| Total | 2,151 |
|---|---|
| 21 & Under | 114 |
| 22-24 | 891 |
| 25-29 | 494 |
| 30-34 | 165 |
| 35-39 | 108 |
| 40 & Over | 238 |
At Samford University graduate schools, 207 students enrolled online exclusively and 223 students enrolled in some online courses.
| Total Enrollment | 2,010 |
|---|---|
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 207 |
| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 223 |
| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 1,580 |
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 207 |
|---|---|
| Alabama Resident | 138 |
| Other State In U.S. | 68 |
| Outside of U.S. | 1 |