Graduate School Tuition at Governors State University

Governors State University is a four-years, public school located in University Park, IL. It offers 55 graduate programs - 32 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 7 Post-bachelor's, and 11 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $8,590 for Illinois residents and $10,072 for others. A total of 1,818 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 4,427 students at GSU.
GSU offers online graduate programs and 394 out of 1,818 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($84,100) after graduation and the Doctorate Art Therapy/Therapist program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $72,300 average salary.
You can find GSU's health profession programs at health professions information page.
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Graduate Program Overview

Governors State University is a four-years, public school located in University Park, Illinois. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,590 for Illinois residents and $10,072 for out-of-state students. It offers fifty-five (55) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameGovernors State University
Typefour-years, public
Address1 University Pky, University Park, IL
Graduate School Students1,686 students
394 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$8,590
Out-of-State$10,072
Student to Faculty10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate ProgramsTotal 55 Graduate Programs
32 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 18 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Governors State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.
For Illinois residents, the tuition & fees are $8,590 and $10,072 for non-Illinois residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $476.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$0$6,624
Fees$0$3,448
Cost per Credit$0$476
Books & Supplies$1,000
Room & Board$11,360 (On-Campus) / $11,360 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,100 (On-Campus) / $3,100 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$15,460$25,532
Off-Campus Total$15,460$25,532
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$8,282$8,320$8,320$8,590-
Out-of-State$14,636$14,674$14,674$14,944$10,072

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Governors State University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 55 major areas - 32 Master's , 5 Doctorate , 7 Post-Bachelor', 11 Post-Master'.
457 students have been conferred Master's degree and 81 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctoratePost-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total4578112
Men15630-1
Women3015111
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information AssuranceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Social Science Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Biology Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Chemistry Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Communication and Journalism program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science58 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Curriculum and Instruction NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational Leadership and Administration64 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Early Childhood Education and Teaching NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Reading Teacher Education NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is English Language and Literature program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Biology1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Mathematics and Statistics program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Physical Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Analytical Chemistry4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Counseling Psychology29 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
School Psychology17 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration38 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Social Work34 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $39,100 - -
what is Social Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Political Science and Government10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Visual and Performing Arts program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cinematography and Film/Video Production3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Fine/Studio Arts1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist18 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $31,400 - -
Occupational Therapy/Therapist31 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Medical Informatics10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing Administration NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing Science35 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management33 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $66,900 - -
Accounting9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Management Information Systems3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Management Science4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
College Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Reading Teacher Education NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/TechnicianNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Salary After Completing $31,400 - -
Mental Health Counseling/CounselorNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance ServicesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Occupational Therapy/Therapist NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,395 students enrolled in Governors State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,686 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.
By gender, it has 535 male and 1,151 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 782 full-time and 904 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 394 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 667 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total1,686782 904
Men Students535317 218
Women Students1,151465 686
By race/ethnicity 524 White, 546 Black, and 54 Asian students are attending at Governors State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
TotalMenWomen
Total1,686 5351,151
Asian17 37546
Black546 111435
Hispanic169 45124
White524 137387
Tow or More Races45 1134
Race Unknown70 2149
14 students are younger than 22 and 465 students are older than 65. The school has 962 students aged between 22 and 30 and 377 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total1,686
21 & Under14
22-24402
25-29560
30-34219
35-39158
40 & Over465
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.
At GSU, 394 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 667 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment1,818
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses394
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses667
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses757
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses394
Illinois Resident355
Other State In U.S.22
Outside of U.S.17
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