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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
Page 4 of 14Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
92.5%
Enrollment
2,199
Net price
$27,243
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi
Grad rate
48%
Admit rate
99.7%
Enrollment
2,654
Net price
$13,778
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Denver Seminary
Littleton, Colorado
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
847
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
DeVry University-California
Ontario, California
Grad rate
22%
Admit rate
43.3%
Enrollment
2,403
Net price
$33,294
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
DeVry University-Illinois
Lisle, Illinois
Grad rate
37%
Admit rate
43.3%
Enrollment
31,296
Net price
$30,878
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Doane University
Crete, Nebraska
Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
89.5%
Enrollment
1,985
Net price
$28,071
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology
Berkeley, California
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
55
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois
Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
79.8%
Enrollment
3,803
Net price
$15,113
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivateHSI
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, California
Grad rate
78%
Admit rate
95.6%
Enrollment
1,900
Net price
$50,218
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa
Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
71.2%
Enrollment
1,952
Net price
$25,383
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Drury University
Springfield, Missouri
Grad rate
62%
Admit rate
58.9%
Enrollment
1,615
Net price
$21,523
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
East Central University
Ada, Oklahoma
Grad rate
34%
Admit rate
65.5%
Enrollment
3,377
Net price
$9,287
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
92.9%
Enrollment
5,633
Net price
$15,089
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
East Texas Baptist University
Marshall, Texas
Grad rate
47%
Admit rate
60.1%
Enrollment
1,813
Net price
$23,790
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, Connecticut
Grad rate
58%
Admit rate
80.5%
Enrollment
4,355
Net price
$20,480
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois
Grad rate
47%
Admit rate
67.8%
Enrollment
8,505
Net price
$14,093
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
99.8%
Enrollment
1,154
Net price
$23,615
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, Massachusetts
Grad rate
39%
Admit rate
59.0%
Enrollment
60
Net price
$17,733
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublicHSI
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Portales, New Mexico
Grad rate
45%
Admit rate
54.9%
Enrollment
5,725
Net price
$6,199
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, Oregon
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
98.8%
Enrollment
2,894
Net price
$15,987
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Eastern University
Saint Davids, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
93.6%
Enrollment
8,727
Net price
$25,885
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington
Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
91.8%
Enrollment
10,492
Net price
$13,091
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
ECPI University
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Grad rate
42%
Admit rate
82.9%
Enrollment
12,572
Net price
$20,473
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
76.8%
Enrollment
2,283
Net price
$26,198
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, Illinois
Grad rate
70%
Admit rate
75.7%
Enrollment
3,997
Net price
$21,063
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
66.3%
Enrollment
11,426
Net price
$40,289
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
Daytona Beach, Florida
Grad rate
21%
Admit rate
61.8%
Enrollment
12,770
Net price
$19,733
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts
Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
47.5%
Enrollment
5,263
Net price
$46,766
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Emory & Henry University
Emory, Virginia
Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
96.3%
Enrollment
1,311
Net price
$20,591
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, New York
Grad rate
41%
Admit rate
81.1%
Enrollment
10,469
Net price
$11,147
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas
Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
97.7%
Enrollment
4,557
Net price
$15,702
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Endicott College
Beverly, Massachusetts
Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
72.3%
Enrollment
4,394
Net price
$39,324
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Erikson Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
297
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Evangel University
Springfield, Missouri
Grad rate
65%
Admit rate
69.3%
Enrollment
2,289
Net price
$18,705
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Everglades University
Boca Raton, Florida
Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
86.4%
Enrollment
3,242
Net price
$27,704
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Excelsior University
Albany, New York
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
12,941
Net price
—
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus
Madison, New Jersey
Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
95.3%
Enrollment
2,885
Net price
$24,415
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivateHSI
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, New Jersey
Grad rate
53%
Admit rate
95.9%
Enrollment
8,045
Net price
$15,266
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia
Grad rate
44%
Admit rate
99.2%
Enrollment
3,305
Net price
$9,055
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate
Faith International University
Tacoma, Washington
Grad rate
25%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
464
Net price
$18,361
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPublic
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, New York
Grad rate
81%
Admit rate
57.6%
Enrollment
8,206
Net price
$22,024
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Faulkner University
Montgomery, Alabama
Grad rate
37%
Admit rate
66.1%
Enrollment
3,086
Net price
$21,165
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPublicHBCU
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Grad rate
38%
Admit rate
79.9%
Enrollment
7,107
Net price
$7,360
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivateHSI
Felician University
Lodi, New Jersey
Grad rate
47%
Admit rate
94.0%
Enrollment
2,427
Net price
$41,315
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Grad rate
55%
Admit rate
89.9%
Enrollment
5,892
Net price
$15,432
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate
Florida Institute of Technology-Online
Melbourne, Florida
Grad rate
—
Admit rate
44.4%
Enrollment
815
Net price
$25,374
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (for-profit)
Florida National University-Main Campus
Hialeah, Florida
Grad rate
31%
Admit rate
—
Enrollment
2,750
Net price
$23,629
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate
Florida Southern College
Lakeland, Florida
Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
59.1%
Enrollment
3,211
Net price
$29,664
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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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