Georgia Southern University Business Programs

Georgia Southern University is a public institution situated in Statesboro, Georgia. Statesboro is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Georgia Southern University Rankings

Out of the 50 colleges in Georgia, GaSou is ranked at #10.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at GaSou.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#21	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#58	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#88	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#105	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#144	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards GaSou has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Supply Chain Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#9	Best Value Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics	College Factual
#63	Best Value Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#74	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#184	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#235	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is Georgia Southern University?

Contact details for GaSou are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1332 Southern Drive, Statesboro, GA 30460-8126
Phone:	912-478-5391
Website:	www.georgiasouthern.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaSouthern
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/georgiasouthern

How Do I Get Into GaSou?

You can apply to GaSou online at: admissions.georgiasouthern.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for GaSou

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into GaSou?

GaSou has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to GaSou submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 503 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 570.

GaSou received ACT scores from 39% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Georgia Southern University?

The overall average net price of GaSou is $26,975. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At GaSou, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,503 a year. That adds up to $26,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GaSou is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Georgia Southern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23,469 undergraduate students at GaSou, with 19,453 being full-time and 4,016 being part-time.

There are also 3,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,453 full-time undergraduates at GaSou, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Southern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	405
Black or African American	5,116
Hispanic or Latino	1,416
White	11,299
International Students	251
Other Races/Ethnicities	966

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Southern University. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at GaSou. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Honduras, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Georgia Southern University

In 2019-2020, 21,050 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 12th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of GaSou

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Georgia Southern University was $6,485 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,539. The following table shows how GaSou 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
Economics	#1	#4
Applied Economics	#1	#1
Accounting	#13	#41
Accounting	#16	#55

Online Growth Rankings of GaSou

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Southern University was 18.6%. This is the #975 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GaSou regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at GaSou 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 GaSou.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Applied Economics	#1
Information Resources Management	#9
Economics	#39
Management Information Systems	#54
Accounting	#220
Accounting	#370

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%.

Georgia Southern University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	206	0	81	0	287
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	200	0	0	0	200
Accounting	12	93	5	59	0	169
Supply Chain Management	0	131	0	0	1	132
Finance	0	120	0	0	0	120
General Management Information Systems	0	44	0	0	0	44
Public Relations	0	43	0	0	0	43
Business Economics	0	36	0	0	0	36
Technical & Scientific Communication	0	0	0	18	0	18
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	4	0	0	0	4
Applied Economics	0	0	1	2	0	3
General Economics	0	3	0	0	0	3
Taxation	0	0	2	0	0	2
Information Resources Management	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	12	880	9	160	1	1,062

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
• Image Credit: By Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.