U.S. Colleges Offering Master's Degree

Which Colleges Offer Master's Degree?

In United States, 2,116 schools offer Master's Degree. By school type, 574 public and 1,542 private schools offer Master's Degree.

The following table summarizes the number of schools offering Master's Degree in United States.

Colleges Offering Master's Degree
	Total	Public	Private (not-for-profit)	Private (for-profit)
Total	2,116	574	1,290	252
4 Years Colleges	2,116	574	1,290	252
Community Colleges	0	0	0	0
Trade Schools	0	0	0	0

What is Master's degree?

An award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of at least the full-time equivalent of 1 but not more than 2 academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree.
Some of these degrees, such as those in Theology (M.Div., M.H.L./Rav) that were formerly classified as 'first-professional', may require more than two full-time equivalent academic years of work.

Academic & Tuition Statistics for Colleges Offering Master's Degree

The average acceptance rate of the Colleges Offering Master's Degree is 72.97% and the admission yield is 29%. The average SAT score is 1,164 and the average ACT score is 24.

A total of 12,168,541 students are attending one of the schools. With 971,008 faculties, the average students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

The 2024 average tuition & fees at Colleges Offering Master's Degree is $21,276 for state residents and $26,934 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The average graduate program tuition & fees is $16,059 for state residents and $20,126 for out-of-state students.

78.50% of undergraduate students received grants and/or scholarships and the average aid amount is $14,831 at Colleges Offering Master's Degree.

The following table summarizes the number of Colleges Offering Master's Degree by state and school type. You can sort the table by a column by touching/clicking the column name.

Colleges Offering Master's Degree by State
State	Total	Public	Private	Four-years Colleges	Trade Schools
Alabama	38	18	20	38	38
Alaska	4	3	1	4	4
Arizona	29	8	21	29	29
Arkansas	21	12	9	21	21
California	203	37	166	203	203
Colorado	31	14	17	31	31
Connecticut	22	6	16	22	22
Delaware	5	2	3	5	5
District of Columbia	16	1	15	16	16
Florida	111	12	99	111	111
Georgia	59	18	41	59	59
Hawaii	7	2	5	7	7
Idaho	8	3	5	8	8
Illinois	82	11	71	82	82
Indiana	50	14	36	50	50
Iowa	28	3	25	28	28
Kansas	27	7	20	27	27
Kentucky	30	8	22	30	30
Louisiana	25	15	10	25	25
Maine	18	7	11	18	18
Maryland	32	13	19	32	32
Massachusetts	70	14	56	70	70
Michigan	51	14	37	51	51
Minnesota	45	9	36	45	45
Mississippi	16	8	8	16	16
Missouri	63	11	52	63	63
Montana	9	6	3	9	9
Nebraska	20	7	13	20	20
Nevada	7	3	4	7	7
New Hampshire	13	5	8	13	13
New Jersey	37	13	24	37	37
New Mexico	11	8	3	11	11
New York	151	37	114	151	151
North Carolina	65	16	49	65	65
North Dakota	11	7	4	11	11
Ohio	76	19	57	76	76
Oklahoma	26	14	12	26	26
Oregon	28	9	19	28	28
Pennsylvania	113	19	94	113	113
Rhode Island	12	2	10	12	12
South Carolina	36	13	23	36	36
South Dakota	16	8	8	16	16
Tennessee	48	11	37	48	48
Texas	110	44	66	110	110
Utah	15	6	9	15	15
Vermont	11	2	9	11	11
Virginia	62	14	48	62	62
Washington	31	10	21	31	31
West Virginia	19	9	10	19	19
Wisconsin	40	14	26	40	40
Wyoming	1	1	0	1	1
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0
Federated States of Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1	1	0	1	1
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	54	4	50	54	54
Virgin Islands	2	2	0	2	2