Grambling State University Business Programs

Located in Grambling, Louisiana, Grambling State University is a public institution. Grambling is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Grambling State University?

Contact details for GSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	403 Main Street, Grambling, LA 71245
Phone:	318-247-3811
Website:	www.gram.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/GramblingStateUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/grambling1901

How Do I Get Into GSU?

You can apply to GSU online at: www.gram.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for GSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	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 GSU?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, GSU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% 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 440 and 480. Math scores were between 420 and 520.

GSU received ACT scores from 77% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 18. Math scores were between 14 and 20. Composite scores were between 15 and 19.

Can I Afford Grambling State University?

The overall average net price of GSU is $25,952. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At GSU, approximately 90% of students took out student loans averaging $6,995 a year. That adds up to $27,980 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GSU is 18.6%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Grambling State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,511 undergraduate students at GSU, with 4,041 being full-time and 470 being part-time.

There are also 927 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,041 full-time undergraduates at GSU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	3,630
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	23
International Students	129
Other Races/Ethnicities	198

Geographic Diversity

Louisiana students aren't the only ones who study at Grambling State University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 35 countries are represented at GSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Dominica, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Grambling State University

In 2019-2020, 4,682 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.

This school is the 17th most popular in Louisiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of GSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Grambling State University was $7,635 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $16,658. 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
Organizational Leadership	#19	#33

Online Growth Rankings of GSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Grambling State University was 7.2%. This is the #1,320 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GSU 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%.

Grambling State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	56	56
Accounting	25	25
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	19	19
Organizational Leadership	0	0
Business Economics	0	0
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0
TOTAL	100	100

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.