Governors State University Business Programs

Located in University Park, Illinois, Governors State University is a public institution. The rural area surrounding GSU is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

Where Is Governors State University?

Contact details for GSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 University Pky, University Park, IL 60484
Phone:	708-534-5000
Website:	www.govst.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/govstate
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/Governors_State

How Do I Get Into GSU?

You can apply to GSU online at: https://applynow.govst.edu/

Admission Requirements for GSU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into GSU?

GSU has a fairly low acceptance rate of 48%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 44%, and the acceptance rate for women is 49%.

Average Test Scores

About 72% of students accepted to GSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 530. Math scores were between 410 and 520.

GSU received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 19. Composite scores were between 17 and 21.

Can I Afford Governors State University?

The overall average net price of GSU is $24,326. 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 GSU, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,440 a year. That adds up to $29,760 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GSU is 6.2%. 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.

Governors State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,022 undergraduate students at GSU, with 1,829 being full-time and 1,193 being part-time.

There are also 1,628 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,829 full-time undergraduates at GSU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	713
Hispanic or Latino	335
White	555
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	167

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Governors State University. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at GSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Governors State University

In 2019-2020, 2,641 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of GSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Governors State University was $10,108 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,620. The following table shows how GSU 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
Operations Management	#34	#43

Online Growth Rankings of GSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Governors State University was 9.3%. This is the #1,258 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GSU regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Operations Management	#41
Organizational Leadership	#231

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%.

Governors State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	87	26	0	113
Accounting	50	13	0	63
Operations Management	6	0	0	6
General Economics	6	0	0	6
Organizational Leadership	0	0	4	4
General Management Information Systems	0	4	0	4
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	149	43	4	196

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 User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.