by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Governors State University came in at #878 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, GSU came in at #34.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, GSU came in at #533.
In addition, GSU took the #25 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois.
Women make up 70.9% of the total graduate student body at GSU while men make you 29.1%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at GSU, around 51.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. GSU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 7.2% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,354 | $12,708 |
| Fees | $1,966 | $1,966 |
Master's degree recipients from GSU earn an average salary of $57,867 during the early years of their career. That's about the same as the nationwide average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from GSU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $72,424. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 4% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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 |
About 43.4% of the graduate students at Governors State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 18.7% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 4 |
| Nursing | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 2 |
| Student Counseling | 8 |
Footnotes
*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.
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