by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
California State University - Fresno landed the #478 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
Fresno State also ranked #55 for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Fresno State took the #361 spot on the list.
Fresno State also ranked #41 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 68.1% of the total graduate students at Fresno State are women and 31.9% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Fresno State, around 61.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Fresno State. Around 6.2% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $911 | $911 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Fresno State is $63,343. That's good news for those graduates since it is 8% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Fresno State, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $101,689. That's good news for those graduates since it is 35% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of California State University - Fresno.
Contact details for Fresno State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5241 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA 93740 |
| Phone: | 559-278-4240 |
| Website: | www.fresnostate.edu/ |
Around 76.4% of Fresno State graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 26.8% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 32 |
| Nursing | 12 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 31 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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