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. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., California State University - Sacramento landed the #448 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Sac State took the #52 spot 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, Sac State came in at #409.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California, Sac State came in at #44.
Women make up 67.1% of the total graduate student body at Sac State while men make you 32.9%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 45.8% of the graduate students who attend Sac State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Sac State. Around 8.1% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $1,650 | $1,650 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Sac State is $62,437. That's good news for those graduates since it is 7% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Sac State, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $83,004. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 10% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Sac State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819-2694 |
| Phone: | 916-278-6011 |
| Website: | https://www.csus.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sacstate |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/sacstate |
In 2020-2021, 72.8% of the graduate students at California State University - Sacramento took at least one class online. Roughly 26.6% 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 | 25 |
| 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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