Chicago State University Business Programs

Located in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago State University is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Chicago makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Chicago State University?

Contact details for CSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60628-1598
Phone:	773-995-2000
Website:	www.csu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/chicagostateuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/ChicagoState

How Do I Get Into CSU?

You can apply to CSU online at: www.csu.edu/admissions/howtoapplynow.htm

Admission Requirements for CSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CSU?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to CSU. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 40%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.

Average Test Scores

About 79% of students accepted to CSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 510. Math scores were between 330 and 453.

CSU received ACT scores from 42% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 20. Math scores were between 16 and 18. Composite scores were between 15 and 19.

Can I Afford Chicago State University?

The overall average net price of CSU is $18,397. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CSU, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $5,229 a year. That adds up to $20,916 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSU is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Chicago State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,685 undergraduate students at CSU, with 1,086 being full-time and 599 being part-time.

There are also 959 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,086 full-time undergraduates at CSU, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Chicago State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	772
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	25
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	149

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Chicago State University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 30 countries are represented at CSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Canada, and China.

Online Learning at Chicago State University

In 2019-2020, 1,215 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 31st most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of CSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Chicago State University was $11,204 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how CSU 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
Information Resources Management	#7	#1
Management Information Systems	#34	#31

Online Growth Rankings of CSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Chicago State University was 370.5%. This is the #149 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CSU regardless of major.

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%.

Chicago State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	42	18	60
Information Resources Management	0	0	0
Knowledge Management	0	0	0
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	0	0
TOTAL	42	18	60

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.