Student Population at Governors State University

Governors State University has a total of 4,427 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,609 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,818 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 1,279 White, 1,566 Black, and 110 Asian students out of a total of 4,427 are attending at Governors State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, GSU has 3 students under 18 years old and 35 students over 65 years old. There are 1,862 students under 25 years old, and 2,565 students over 25 years old out of 4,427 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 3 students are younger than 18 and 15 students are older than 65. GSU has 1,446 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,163 students aged 25 and over.

It has 416 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,402 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Governors State University, 1,448 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,910 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,384 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 64 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 2,609 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 432 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 16.56%.318 students have transferred in as full-time status and 114 students transferred in as part-time status.