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Master's institutions in the United States
Master's colleges and universities award a significant number of master's degrees but few or no doctorates, under the Carnegie classification. This dataset includes 646 U.S. institutions classified as Master's under the Carnegie Classification, enrolling about 3,611,715 students in total.
Of these, 238 are public and 408 private. The largest by enrollment include Western Governors, Southern New Hampshire, and UMGC. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 52% and the median average net price is $19,313.
Institutions
646
indexed
Combined enrollment
3,611,715
students
Median grad rate
52%
reporting
Median net price
$19,313
reporting
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646 institutions
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Saint Martin's University
Lacey, Washington
Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
75.9%
Enrollment
1,390
Net price
$22,618
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
Grad rate
47%
Admit rate
76.1%
Enrollment
1,159
Net price
$43,465
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, California
Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
88.6%
Enrollment
2,734
Net price
$31,198
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, New Jersey
Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
90.5%
Enrollment
3,572
Net price
$12,973
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, Illinois
Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
85.8%
Enrollment
3,485
Net price
$12,093
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Salem State University
Salem, Massachusetts
Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
95.6%
Enrollment
6,230
Net price
$18,441
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
Salem University
Salem, West Virginia
Grad rate
20%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
1,083
Net price
$14,469
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Salisbury University
Salisbury, Maryland
Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
88.6%
Enrollment
7,025
Net price
$16,456
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Salve Regina University
Newport, Rhode Island
Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
69.9%
Enrollment
2,791
Net price
$35,682
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
San Diego Christian College
Santee, California
Grad rate
20%
Admit rate
62.8%
Enrollment
96
Net price
$7,871
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublicHSI
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
80.2%
Enrollment
37,661
Net price
$13,741
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia
Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
83.7%
Enrollment
18,550
Net price
$45,450
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublicHBCU
Savannah State University
Savannah, Georgia
Grad rate
28%
Admit rate
46.1%
Enrollment
3,193
Net price
$8,683
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
School of Visual Arts
New York, New York
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
91.3%
Enrollment
3,812
Net price
$58,628
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivateHSI
Schreiner University
Kerrville, Texas
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
88.0%
Enrollment
1,326
Net price
$20,410
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
75.8%
Enrollment
1,927
Net price
$22,558
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, Ohio
Grad rate
48%
Admit rate
68.9%
Enrollment
3,231
Net price
$15,389
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
95.7%
Enrollment
3,339
Net price
$12,391
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
85.5%
Enrollment
5,161
Net price
$23,553
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia
Grad rate
38%
Admit rate
96.9%
Enrollment
1,318
Net price
$16,286
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Siena College
Loudonville, New York
Grad rate
75%
Admit rate
70.6%
Enrollment
3,720
Net price
$32,697
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan
Grad rate
39%
Admit rate
66.6%
Enrollment
1,781
Net price
$17,185
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
SIT Graduate Institute
Brattleboro, Vermont
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
644
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
74.6%
Enrollment
8,376
Net price
$19,524
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublicHSI
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California
Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
94.7%
Enrollment
5,891
Net price
$13,801
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublicHBCULand-grant
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Grad rate
37%
Admit rate
81.7%
Enrollment
3,242
Net price
$18,268
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPublic
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota
Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
85.3%
Enrollment
2,576
Net price
$20,380
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
South University-Savannah
Savannah, Georgia
Grad rate
9%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
716
Net price
$24,116
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
78.5%
Enrollment
9,501
Net price
$14,532
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, Louisiana
Grad rate
45%
Admit rate
94.3%
Enrollment
14,426
Net price
$12,174
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, Oklahoma
Grad rate
32%
Admit rate
80.3%
Enrollment
5,851
Net price
$6,352
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivateHSI
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee
Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
66.6%
Enrollment
3,229
Net price
$24,334
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas
Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
66.6%
Enrollment
4,732
Net price
$15,944
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublicHSI
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut
Grad rate
50%
Admit rate
81.1%
Enrollment
9,377
Net price
$20,877
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, Oklahoma
Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
2,198
Net price
$17,838
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
96.1%
Enrollment
189,531
Net price
$33,742
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, Oregon
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
82.7%
Enrollment
5,113
Net price
$16,470
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPublicHBCU
Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Grad rate
13%
Admit rate
60.2%
Enrollment
2,468
Net price
$15,260
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
80.5%
Enrollment
15,444
Net price
$11,432
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Southern Wesleyan University
Central, South Carolina
Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
980
Net price
$19,968
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri
Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
99.7%
Enrollment
2,199
Net price
$21,082
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southwest Minnesota State University
Marshall, Minnesota
Grad rate
45%
Admit rate
68.9%
Enrollment
8,214
Net price
$14,760
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Grad rate
40%
Admit rate
100.0%
Enrollment
5,186
Net price
$14,542
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Spalding University
Louisville, Kentucky
Grad rate
52%
Admit rate
98.6%
Enrollment
1,553
Net price
$24,264
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor, Michigan
Grad rate
64%
Admit rate
37.3%
Enrollment
2,441
Net price
$20,899
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Springfield College-Regional, Online, and Continuing Education
Springfield, Massachusetts
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
380
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
St Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, New York
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
81.5%
Enrollment
2,752
Net price
$27,151
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
St. Joseph's University-New York
Brooklyn, New York
Grad rate
69%
Admit rate
71.4%
Enrollment
3,899
Net price
$17,622
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Frequently asked questions
- What is a Master's institution under the Carnegie Classification?
- Master's colleges and universities award a significant number of master's degrees but few or no doctorates, under the Carnegie classification. This dataset tracks 646 of them in the United States.
- What are the largest Master's in the U.S.?
- By total enrollment, the largest are Western Governors, Southern New Hampshire, UMGC, APUS, and Utah Valley.
- What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?
- The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 52%, and the median average net price is $19,313. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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