2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at Cleveland State is $12,982 for Ohio residents and $18,502 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 2.94% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at Cleveland State.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at Cleveland State University Cost of Attendance page.
Cleveland State University 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$11,185$15,952$10,341$17,622
2022$11,690$16,654$10,625$18,051
2023$12,254$17,469$10,863$18,438
2024$12,613$17,973$11,118$18,821
2025$12,982$18,502$11,297$21,107

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2025 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at Cleveland State University is $537 for Ohio residents and $766 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 2.96% from last year.
The 2025 graduate tuition per credit hour is $618 for Ohio residents and $1,163 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 12.91% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2025 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at Cleveland State University.
Cleveland State University 2025 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Ohio ResidentsOut-of-StateOhio ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$466$665$568$972
2022$484$691$579$991
2023$506$723$590$1,011
2024$521$744$602$1,030
2025$537$766$618$1,163

Offered Online Programs

Cleveland State University offers 170 major programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post Graduate Certificate degrees/programs. Of that, 3 online programs are offering via distance learning (online classes).
You can view all major programs at Cleveland State University at Area of Study & Major Program page with completer and earning after graduation information.
Number of Online ProgramsNumber of Total Programs
Bachelor's079
Master's377
Doctorate (Research)07
Doctorate (Professional)04
Post-MS Certificate03
Total3170

Online Student Population

There are 14,074 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at Cleveland State. Of that, 2,129 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 5,908 students have joined to some online courses and 6,037 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at Cleveland State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total14,0749,4824,592
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes2,1299671,162
Enrolled Some in Online Classes5,9084,3111,597
Not Enrolled in Online Classes6,0374,2041,833
Online Student Population by Student Location at Cleveland State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)2,1299671,162
Ohio Residents1,9849411,043
Other State in U.S.14224118
Outside of U.S.000
Unknown321