Governors State University - Graduate Degrees and Programs

Governors State University (GSU) is a Public, 4 or more years school located in University Park, IL. It offers 53 graduate programs - 30 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 7 Post-bachelor's, and 8 Post-master's. The average tuition & fees for graduate programs are $8,320 for Illinois residents and $14,674 for others in the academic year 2020-2021. A total of 1,595 students is enrolled in graduate degree programs out of total 4,857 students at GSU. Governors State University offers online graduate programs and 185 out of 1,595 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.

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Graduate Programs Overview

Governors State University is a Public, 4 or more years school located in University Park, Illinois. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2020-2021 the graduate school tuition & fees are $8,320 for Illinois residents and $14,674 for other students in average.

It offers fifty-three graduate programs: 30 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 7 Post-Bachelor's, 8 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 596 students have been conferred Master's degree and 49 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Governors State University
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	1 University Pky, University Park, IL
Graduate School Students	1,595 students 185 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	In-State$8,320 Out-of-State$14,674
Student to Faculty	10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 53 Graduate Programs 30 Master's, 8 Doctorate, 15 Post graduate certificates

2021 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 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 $8,320 and $14,674 for non-Illinois residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $353 for Illinois residents and $706 for out-of-state students.

2021 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,354	$12,708
Fees	$1,966	$1,966
Cost per Credit	$353	$706
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$10,468 (On-Campus) / $11,638 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,000 (On-Campus) / $3,000 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$22,788	$29,142
Off-Campus Total	$23,958	$30,312

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
In-State	$9,268	$10,372	$9,984	$8,282	$8,320
Out-of-State	$16,636	$18,844	$13,494	$14,636	$14,674

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 53 major areas - 29 Master's (2 online programs), 5 Doctorate (1 online programs), 7 Post-Bachelor', 8 Post-Master'(1 online programs). The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	596	49	2	13
Men	230	18	1	1
Women	366	31	1	12

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.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Social Work	54	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$39,100	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Political Science and Government	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Art/Art Studies	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	16	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	$31,400	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	28		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Science	50	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	29^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$66,900	-	-
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	147	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mass Communication/Media Studies	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Reading Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biology Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Environmental Biology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Analytical Chemistry	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counseling Psychology	49	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
School Psychology	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 4,857 students enrolled in Governors State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,595 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 424 male and 1,171 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 635 full-time and 960 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 185 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 341 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,595
Men Students	424
Women Students	1,171

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,595
Full-time Students	635
Part-time Students	960

By race/ethnicity 602 White, 589 Black, and 41 Asian students are attending at Governors State University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,595
American Indian / Native American	1
Asian	41
Black	589
Hispanic	148
White	602
Two or more races	31
Un-Known	115

The school has 702 students aged between 22 and 30 and 384 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,595
22-24	247
25-29	455
30-34	224
35-39	160
40 & Over	509

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, 185 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 341 students are enrolled in some online courses.