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.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Gonzaga University took the #146 spot. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. As a result, Gonzaga is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, Gonzaga took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Washington.
Gonzaga was ranked #321 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, Gonzaga took the #9 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Washington.
Women make up 65.8% of the total graduate student body at Gonzaga while men make you 34.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Gonzaga, around 20.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Gonzaga is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 4.2% of the graduate student population. 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 | $14,499 | $14,499 |
| Fees | $379 | $379 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Gonzaga enter careers with an average starting salary of $66,627. That's good news for those graduates since it is 14% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Gonzaga enter careers with an average starting salary of $78,396. That's about 4% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Gonzaga University.
Contact details for Gonzaga are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | E 502 Boone Ave, Spokane, WA 99258-0001 |
| Phone: | 800-986-9585 |
| Website: | https://www.gonzaga.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/GonzagaUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/gonzagau |
Around 57.8% of Gonzaga graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 38.5% 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 |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 12 |
| Educational Administration | 11 |
| Law | 144 |
| Nursing | 44 |
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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