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Naval Postgraduate School is a public institution situated in Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

1,125 Master's Degrees
10 Doctor's Degrees

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Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Naval Postgraduate School.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Military Systems & Maintenance Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Military Applied Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Military Technologies & Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#2 Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#5 Most Popular Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#6 Most Popular International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Most Popular Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#29 Most Popular Law Enforcement & Firefighting Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Naval Postgraduate School?

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Contact details for Naval Postgraduate School are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2442
Website: www.nps.edu
21% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,866 graduate students at Naval Postgraduate School, 79% are male and 21% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Naval Postgraduate School graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 155
Black or African American 131
Hispanic or Latino 286
White 2,027
International Students 130
Other Races/Ethnicities 137

Online Learning at Naval Postgraduate School

1,343 Took All Classes Online
1,343 Took At Least One Class Online
2.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,343 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Naval Postgraduate School has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 22nd most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Naval Postgraduate School

The following table shows how Naval Postgraduate School is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Science #1 #1
Computer Software & Applications #1 #1
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering #1 #1
Computer Engineering #1 #1
Electrical Engineering #1 #1
Engineering Science #1 #1
Operations Research #1 #1
Systems Engineering #1 #1
Mathematics & Statistics #1 #1
Applied Mathematics #1 #1
Intelligence & Command Control Operations #1 #1
Military Systems & Maintenance Technology #1 #1
Social Sciences #1 #1
International Relations & National Security #1 #1

Online Growth Rankings of Naval Postgraduate School

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Naval Postgraduate School was 2.8%. This is the #916 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Naval Postgraduate School regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Naval Postgraduate School majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences 13%
Data Science 17%
Engineering 8%
Information Technology 19%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 34%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Naval Postgraduate School ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Naval Postgraduate School.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Military Applied Sciences #1
Physics #4
Data Science #8
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences #18
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering #19
Computer Software & Applications #36
Physical Sciences #40
Information Technology #124
Engineering #169
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #254
Computer & Information Sciences #324

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Systems Engineering 241 211 1 453
Business Administration & Management 46 232 0 278
International Relations & National Security 64 193 0 257
Information Technology 198 41 0 239
Operations Research 84 85 1 170
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 122 32 0 154
Military Applied Sciences 61 51 0 112
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 81 21 0 102
Homeland Security 0 88 0 88
Electrical Engineering 15 52 4 71
Data Science 48 0 0 48
Computer Science 0 40 0 40
Mechanical Engineering 0 34 0 34
Robotics Engineering 23 0 0 23
Computer Information Systems 0 21 0 21
Applied Mathematics 9 10 0 19
Computer Software & Applications 7 6 1 14
Computational Science 5 0 0 5
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1 3 1 5
Military Systems & Maintenance Technology 0 3 0 3
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 2 1 3
Engineering Physics 0 0 1 1
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Engineering Science 0 0 0 0
Marine Engineering 0 0 0 0
Other Military Tech & Applied Sciences 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,005 1,125 10 2,140

References

*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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