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.
Clark Atlanta University came in at #1059 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
CAU also ranked #23 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, CAU came in at #635.
CAU also ranked #14 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Georgia.
Women make up 72.1% of the total graduate student body at CAU while men make you 27.9%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 82.6% of the graduate student population at CAU. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at CAU. Around 6.0% 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 | $16,614 | $16,614 |
| Fees | $1,954 | $1,954 |
After obtaining their master's degree from CAU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $51,259. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 12% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from CAU enter careers with an average starting salary of $77,566. That's about 3% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Clark Atlanta University.
Contact details for CAU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 223 James P Brawley Drive, Sw, Atlanta, GA 30314-4391 |
| Phone: | 404-880-8000 |
| Website: | www.cau.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ClarkAtlantaUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/cau |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18.6% of the graduate students at CAU took at least one online course. Approximately 6.3% 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 |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | 4 |
| Educational Administration | 17 |
| General Biology | 4 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 11 |
| Music | 20 |
| Political Science & Government | 1 |
| Social Work | 5 |
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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