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.
Southern Connecticut State University landed the #689 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut, SCSU came in at #10.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, SCSU came in at #541.
In addition, SCSU took the #8 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Connecticut.
The total graduate student population at SCSU is made up of 74.5% women and 25.5% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 25.7% of the graduate students who attend SCSU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.3% 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 tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,797 | $19,883 |
| Fees | $5,524 | $6,654 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from SCSU enter careers with an average starting salary of $57,675. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 1% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Southern Connecticut State University.
Contact details for SCSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1355 |
| Phone: | 203-392-5200 |
| Website: | www.southernct.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/southernct |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/scsutweet |
In 2020-2021, 50.6% of the graduate students at Southern Connecticut State University took at least one class online. Approximately 25.2% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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 |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 8 |
| Social Work | 14 |
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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