by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. 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.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., California State University - Northridge landed the #355 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
CSUN also ranked #45 for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, CSUN came in at #323.
In addition, CSUN took the #39 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 67.1% of the total graduate students at CSUN are women and 32.9% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 47.7% of the graduate student population at CSUN. CSUN is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 5.5% of the graduate student population. 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 | $1,301 | $1,301 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at CSUN is $59,254. That's about 1% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of California State University - Northridge.
Contact details for CSUN are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330 |
| Phone: | 818-677-1200 |
| Website: | https://www.csun.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Northridge-CA/California-State-University-Northridge/6684699242 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/csunorthridge |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 74.2% of the graduate students at CSUN took at least one online course. Approximately 56.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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 | 18 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 29 |
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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