East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is a four-year, public school located in Johnson City, TN.

It offers 104 graduate programs - 48 Master's, 15 Doctorate, 35 Post-bachelor's, and 6 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $10,784 for in-state and $25,904 for out-of-state students.

A total of 2,929 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 13,483 students at ETSU. ETSU offers online graduate programs and 1,039 out of 2,929 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

ETSU have a medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at James H. Quillen College of Medicine. In addition, you can find ETSU'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 $10,784 for Tennessee residents and $25,904 for out-of-state students. It offers 104 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameEast Tennessee State University
TypeFour-year, Public
Address1276 Gilbreath Drive, Johnson City, TN
Graduate School Students2,987 students
1,039 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$10,784
Out-of-State$25,904
Student to Faculty16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 104 Graduate Programs
48 Master's, 15 Doctorate, 41 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at East Tennessee State University

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at East Tennessee State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Tennessee residents, the tuition & fees are $10,784 and $25,904 for non-Tennessee residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $488 for Tennessee residents and $1,329 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$8,784$23,904
Fees$2,000$2,000
Cost per Credit$488$1,329
Books & Supplies$1,350
Room & Board$10,270 (On-Campus) / $11,938 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$6,930 (On-Campus) / $8,280 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$29,334$44,454
Off-Campus Total$32,352$47,472

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

East Tennessee State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 104 major areas - 48 Master's (1 online programs), 15 Doctorate, 35 Post-Bachelor's (1 online programs), 6 Post-Master's. 642 students have been conferred Master's degree and 289 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
Total6422891036
Men194107281
Women448182755

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.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Appalachian StudiesONLINE NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mass Communication/Media Studies16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Technology8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 6 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
General Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiostatisticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
EpidemiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
GerontologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cultural Resource Management and Policy AnalysisNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Nutrition SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management NOT OFFER 7 NOT OFFER
Kinesiology and Exercise Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Forensic Science and TechnologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work69 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Development Economics and International DevelopmentNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Sociology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Digital Arts3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cinematography and Film/Video ProductionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Art/Art Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist32 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Health Care Administration/Management12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
PharmacyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health 6 NOT OFFER
Environmental Health NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Public Health/International HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Medical InformaticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 13 NOT OFFER
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse82 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFER
Nursing ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other) NOT OFFER 8 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management44 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Accounting14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public/Applied HistoryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

ETSU graduate schools have a total of 2,987 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 918 male and 2,069 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 1,883 full-time and 1,104 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,039 students enrolled through online exclusively and 421 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 2,265 White, 202 Black, and 101 Asian students are attending at East Tennessee State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

107 grad students are younger than 22 and 453 students are older than 65. It has 1,758 students aged between 22 and 30 and 611 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total2,987
Men918
Women2,069
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total2,987
Full-time Students1,883
Part-time Students1,104
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total2,987
American Indian /
Native American
1
Asian101
Black202
Hispanic80
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White2,265
Two or more races86
Un-Known118
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total2,987
21 & Under107
22-24904
25-29854
30-34367
35-39244
40 & Over453

Online Population

At East Tennessee State University graduate schools, 1,039 students enrolled online exclusively and 421 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,929
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,039
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses421
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses1,469
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,039
Tennessee Resident774
Other State In U.S.260
Outside of U.S.5