by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Northeastern State University landed the #724 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Oklahoma, NSU came in at #9.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, NSU came in at #634.
In addition, NSU took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Oklahoma.
Women make up 75.5% of the total graduate student body at NSU while men make you 24.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 38.8% of the graduate students who attend NSU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.6% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,581 | $10,242 |
| Fees | $669 | $669 |
Master's degree recipients from NSU earn an average salary of $51,262 during the early years of their career. That's about 12% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from NSU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $91,928. That's good news for those graduates since it is 22% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for NSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 600 N Grand, Tahlequah, OK 74464-2399 |
| Phone: | 918-456-5511 |
| Website: | https://www.nsuok.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/NSURiverhawks |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/NSURiverhawks |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78.2% of the graduate students at NSU took at least one online course. For that same period, 53.5% 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 |
|---|---|
| Optometry | 28 |
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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