by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. 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 a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #452 spot.
In addition, MSU Moorhead took the #15 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and MSU Moorhead took the #320 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Minnesota, MSU Moorhead came in at #9.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 73.0% of the total graduate students at MSU Moorhead are women and 27.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at MSU Moorhead, around 8.3% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.4% of graduate students hail from another country. 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 graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,062 | $10,062 |
| Fees | $990 | $990 |
Master's degree recipients from MSU Moorhead earn an average salary of $48,452 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 17% lower than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from MSU Moorhead, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $50,533. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 33% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Minnesota State University - Moorhead.
Contact details for MSU Moorhead are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1104 Seventh Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563 |
| Phone: | 800-593-7246 |
| Website: | https://www.mnstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/msumoorhead |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/MSUMoorhead |
About 85.9% of the graduate students at Minnesota State University - Moorhead took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 77.7% of grad students took all of their classes 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 | 17 |
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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