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.
California State University - Chico came in at #532 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
Chico State also ranked #59 for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
The total graduate student population at Chico State is made up of 73.0% women and 27.0% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Chico State, around 35.2% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Chico State. Around 4.7% 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 graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $2,122 | $2,122 |
Master's degree recipients from Chico State earn an average salary of $56,869 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 3% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Chico State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | First And Normal Sts, Chico, CA 95929-0150 |
| Phone: | 530-898-6116 |
| Website: | www.csuchico.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/californiastateuniversitychico |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/chicostate |
Around 58.1% of Chico State graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 14.4% 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.
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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