Major Programs and Completers by Degrees

Degree Programs Overview

Valdosta State University offers 97 degree programs through Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 1 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 2,593 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at VSU. 1,564 students completed bachelor's programs and 680 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at VSU. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Completers
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Total	Men	Women
Associate's	3	NOT OFFERED	28	6	22
Bachelor's	52	1	1,564	504	1,060
Master's	30	NOT OFFERED	680	143	537
Doctor's	6	NOT OFFERED	63	19	44
Post-Graduate Certificate	6	NOT OFFERED	258	62	196

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Valdosta State University. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing program has the highest salary ($64,095) after graduation and the Computer and Information Sciences, General program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $52,422 average salary.

Bachelor
Master

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$64,095	$5,341	$21,396	$227
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$52,422	$4,369	$27,000	$286
Accounting and Related Services	$52,230	$4,353	$21,396	$227
Finance and Financial Management Services	$51,849	$4,321	$23,312	$247
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$43,082	$3,590	$24,358	$258
Marketing	$39,821	$3,318	$24,080	$255
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$37,764	$3,147	$23,250	$246
Special Education and Teaching	$36,370	$3,031	-	-
Communication	$36,084	$3,007	$26,383	$280
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services	$35,558	$2,963	$34,937	$370
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$35,449	$2,954	$25,043	$265
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$35,428	$2,952	-	-

Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$58,113	$4,843	$27,590	$314
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$54,080	$4,507	$20,324	$231
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$51,433	$4,286	$35,096	$399
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$47,105	$3,925	$23,655	$269
Psychology, General	$42,921	$3,577	-	-
Public Administration	$42,746	$3,562	$32,434	$369
Social Work	$42,694	$3,558	$48,021	$546
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	$41,951	$3,496	$42,700	$486
Educational Administration and Supervision	$39,096	$3,258	$28,998	$330
Library Science and Administration	$37,951	$3,163	$31,554	$359

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Valdosta State University.

At the school, the Psychology Bachelor program has the most completers of 154 and the Library and Information Science Master program has the second most completers of 128 students.

Popular Associate Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Dental Services and Allied Professions (other)	12	1	11
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	12	3	9
Engineering	4	2	2

Popular Bachelor Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Psychology	154	26	128
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	125	21	104
Business Administration and Management	114	57	57
Organizational Leadership	102	43	59
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	98	27	71
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	91	12	79
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	77	31	46
Biology/Biological Sciences	70	25	45
Mass Communication/Media Studies	48	18	30
Marketing/Marketing Management	48	20	28

Popular Master Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Library and Information Science	128	22	106
Business Administration and Management	59	21	38
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	50	5	45
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	49	2	47
Public Administration	49	15	34
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	49	3	46
Social Work	48	4	44
Educational/Instructional Technology	33	5	28
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	27	9	18
Accounting	20	10	10

Popular Doctoral Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Educational Leadership and Administration	25	8	17
Nursing Practice	17	2	15
Curriculum and Instruction	9	3	6
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	2	-	2
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	2	1	1

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	45	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mass Communication/Media Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Education program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	14
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33	NOT OFFERED	50
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	17	NOT OFFERED	13
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	43
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	49	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	50	NOT OFFERED	110
Art Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Language Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	9	NOT OFFERED	28
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
French Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	26	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Library Science program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	98	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Library and Information Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	128	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	70	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Exercise Physiology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Philosophy and Religious Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Astronomy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	154	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	77	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Public Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	49	8	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology and Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Dance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Interior Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Performance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42	49	2	NOT OFFERED
Dental Services and Allied Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	91	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	114	59	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	102	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business/Managerial Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	114	59	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	102	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business/Managerial Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Business/Trade/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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