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., Messiah University landed the #205 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Messiah came in at #13.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Messiah took the #447 spot on the list.
In addition, Messiah took the #31 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at Messiah is made up of 70.8% women and 29.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 19.2% of the graduate students who attend Messiah are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Messiah is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.7% 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 | $13,050 | $13,050 |
Master's degree recipients from Messiah earn an average salary of $46,617 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 20% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Messiah University.
Contact details for Messiah are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 |
| Phone: | 717-766-2511 |
| Website: | www.messiah.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MessiahCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/messiahcollege |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 72.5% of the graduate students at Messiah took at least one online course. Roughly 63.1% 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.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 34 |
| Business Administration & Management | 17 |
| Educational Administration | 11 |
| General Education | 19 |
| Health & Physical Education | 6 |
| Nursing | 7 |
| Other Health Professions | 70 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 46 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 3 |
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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