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Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, California Public 4-year Midsize suburb

Overview

Naval Postgraduate School is a public four-year institution in Monterey, California. The campus sits in a midsize suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,441 students.

Naval Postgraduate School offers certificates, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 52 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Systems Engineering, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management, and International Relations and National Security Studies, Other. It awarded 2,272 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 10 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

Key figures

2,441
Students enrolled
2,272
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
52
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 52

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Engineering 10
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Computer and Information Sciences 9
Military Technologies 13
Social Sciences 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Physical Sciences 3
Mathematics and Statistics 1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
1,017
Doctoral degrees (research)
22
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1,233

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,441
Graduate students, fall 2024
2,441
Full-time, fall 2024
59%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,865
Graduate students, 2024-25
3,865
Full-time, 2024-25
49%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
21%
Men
79%
White
72%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
8%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
10
Programs with a fully online option
21
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
51%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize suburb
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Research designation
Research Colleges and Universities
President
Vice Adm. (ret.) Ann E. Rondeau
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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