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, Vanguard University of Southern California took the #408 spot.
In addition, Vanguard took the #49 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 70.2% of the total graduate students at Vanguard are women and 29.8% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Vanguard, around 44.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Vanguard. Around 1.4% of graduate students are international. 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 | $12,276 | $12,276 |
| Fees | $100 | $100 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Vanguard enter careers with an average starting salary of $54,112. That's about 7% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Vanguard University of Southern California.
Contact details for Vanguard are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 55 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
| Phone: | 714-556-3610 |
| Website: | https://www.vanguard.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/vanguarduniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/vanguardu |
In 2020-2021, 53.9% of the graduate students at Vanguard University of Southern California took at least one class online. Roughly 34.5% 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 |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 53 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 17 |
| Educational Administration | 1 |
| Nursing | 20 |
| Sacred Music | 53 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 2 |
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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