William Paterson University of New Jersey (William Paterson University of New Jersey) is a four-year, public school located in Wayne, NJ.

It offers 147 graduate programs - 39 Master's, 62 Doctorate, 27 Post-bachelor's, and 19 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $16,408 for in-state and $23,410 for out-of-state students.

A total of 2,880 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 9,426 students at William Paterson University of New Jersey. William Paterson University of New Jersey offers online graduate programs and 2,234 out of 2,880 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find William Paterson University of New Jersey'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 $16,408 for New Jersey residents and $23,410 for out-of-state students. It offers 147 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameWilliam Paterson University of New Jersey
TypeFour-year, Public
Address300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ
Graduate School Students2,466 students
2,234 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$16,408
Out-of-State$23,410
Student to Faculty17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 147 Graduate Programs
39 Master's, 62 Doctorate, 46 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at William Paterson University of New Jersey

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at William Paterson University of New Jersey with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New Jersey residents, the tuition & fees are $16,408 and $23,410 for non-New Jersey residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $886 for New Jersey residents and $1,275 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$15,948$22,950
Fees$460$460
Cost per Credit$886$1,275
Books & Supplies$1,600
Room & Board$15,990 (On-Campus) / $11,330 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,140 (On-Campus) / $4,922 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$37,138$44,140
Off-Campus Total$34,260$41,262

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

William Paterson University of New Jersey offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 147 major areas - 39 Master's, 62 Doctorate (2 online programs), 27 Post-Bachelor's (1 online programs), 19 Post-Master's. 859 students have been conferred Master's degree and 16 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
Total8591643-
Men22028-
Women6391435-

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
Environmental StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Asian Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Latin American StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
African-American/Black StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Women's StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Disability StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and RhetoricNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mass Communication/Media StudiesNOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Organizational Communication12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Relations/Image ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sports CommunicationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information TechnologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human-Centered Technology DesignNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific WritingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
General Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3
BiochemistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Exercise Physiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biotechnology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational and Applied Mathematics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Behavioral SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Computer InteractionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Science, GeneralNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
PhilosophyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied and Professional EthicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ChemistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Chemistry5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Clinical Psychology29 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social WorkNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research Methodology and Quantitative MethodsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
AnthropologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
EconomicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative EconomicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
GeographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied/Public Sociology9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Studies/AffairsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Visual and Performing Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Fine/Studio Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and ConservationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music PedagogyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Athletic Training/Trainer NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community Health Services/Liaison/CounselingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 4 NOT OFFER
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Adult Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 16 NOT OFFER
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management ONLINE 1
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
AccountingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Accounting and Related Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Finance NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Planning and ServicesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Finance and Financial Management Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
International Business/Trade/CommerceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science NOT OFFER
Actuarial ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Selling Skills and Sales Operations NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
History (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

William Paterson University of New Jersey graduate schools have a total of 2,466 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 567 male and 1,899 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 624 full-time and 1,842 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 2,234 students enrolled through online exclusively and 211 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,239 White, 339 Black, and 217 Asian students are attending at William Paterson University of New Jersey. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

10 grad students are younger than 22 and 767 students are older than 65. It has 1,161 students aged between 22 and 30 and 942 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total2,466
Men567
Women1,899
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total2,466
Full-time Students624
Part-time Students1,842
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total2,466
American Indian /
Native American
2
Asian217
Black339
Hispanic523
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
2
White1,239
Two or more races57
Un-Known47
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total2,466
21 & Under10
22-24404
25-29757
30-34530
35-39412
40 & Over767

Online Population

At William Paterson University of New Jersey graduate schools, 2,234 students enrolled online exclusively and 211 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,880
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses2,234
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses211
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses435
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses2,234
New Jersey Resident1,962
Other State In U.S.257
Outside of U.S.15