Governors State University Student Population

How many students at GovState? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,397 students have enrolled in Governors State University with 2,572 undergraduate and 1,825 graduate students.

By gender, 1,564 male and 2,833 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,705 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,813 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Governors State University has a total of 4,397 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,572 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,825 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,564 male and 2,833 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,161 White, 1,564 Black, and 94 Asian students out of a total of 4,397 are attending at Governors State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Governors State University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, GovState has 1 students under 18 years old and 38 students over 65 years old. There are 1,938 students under 25 years old, and 2,399 students over 25 years old out of 4,337 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. GovState has 1,464 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,072 students aged 25 and over.

It has 474 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,327 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Governors State University, 1,705 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,813 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,631 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 74 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,572 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 547 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 21.27%.412 students have transferred in as full-time status and 135 students transferred in as part-time status.