by our College Data Analytics TeamAlternative Medicine & Systems is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in alternative medicine, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at CSTCM paid an average of $470 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,000 | $18,000 |
| Fees | $540 | $540 |
The median early career salary of alternative medicine students who receive their master’s degree from CSTCM is $20,824 per year. That is 12% lower than the national average of $23,618.
CSTCM does not offer an online option for its alternative medicine master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CSTCM Online Learning page.
About 75.8% of the students who received their Master’s in alternative medicine in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 74.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.3% of the alternative medicine master’s degrees at CSTCM in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 22 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | 12 |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology | 21 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.