How Student Population Changes at GSU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,176 where 4,427 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 528 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 575 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in GSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Governors State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,530	3,137	987	2,150	2,393	585	1,808
2013-14	5,568 38	3,218 81	1,028 41	2,190 40	2,350 -43	601 16	1,749 -59
2014-15	5,776 208	3,585 367	1,168 140	2,417 227	2,191 -159	559 -42	1,632 -117
2015-16	5,938 162	3,570 -15	1,234 66	2,336 -81	2,368 177	752 193	1,616 -16
2016-17	5,819 -119	3,517 -53	1,249 15	2,268 -68	2,302 -66	768 16	1,534 -82
2017-18	5,185 -634	3,326 -191	1,215 -34	2,111 -157	1,859 -443	516 -252	1,343 -191
2018-19	4,857 -328	3,262 -64	1,247 32	2,015 -96	1,595 -264	424 -92	1,171 -172
2019-20	4,789 -68	3,206 -56	1,178 -69	2,028 13	1,583 -12	442 18	1,141 -30
2020-21	4,650 -139	3,022 -184	1,074 -104	1,948 -80	1,628 45	473 31	1,155 14
2021-22	4,395 -255	2,709 -313	988 -86	1,721 -227	1,686 58	535 62	1,151 -4
2022-23	4,427 32	2,609 -100	961 -27	1,648 -73	1,818 132	639 104	1,179 28
Average	5,176	3,196	1,121	2,076	1,979	572	1,407

Student Population Changes of Governors State University

Governors State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,196 where 2,609 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Governors State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,137	1,282	434	848	1,855	553	1,302
2013-14	3,218	1,315	444	871	1,903	584	1,319
2014-15	3,585	1,713	620	1,093	1,872	548	1,324
2015-16	3,570	1,869	689	1,180	1,701	545	1,156
2016-17	3,517	1,926	710	1,216	1,591	539	1,052
2017-18	3,326	1,879	716	1,163	1,447	499	948
2018-19	3,262	1,882	750	1,132	1,380	497	883
2019-20	3,206	1,918	747	1,171	1,288	431	857
2020-21	3,022	1,829	654	1,175	1,193	420	773
2021-22	2,709	1,659	625	1,034	1,050	363	687
2022-23	2,609	1,629	615	1,014	980	346	634
Average	3,196	3,196	637	1,082	3,196	484	994

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Governors State University

Governors State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,979 where 1,818 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Governors State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,393	620	164	456	1,773	421	1,352
2013-14	2,350	694	187	507	1,656	414	1,242
2014-15	2,191	751	237	514	1,440	322	1,118
2015-16	2,368	978	396	582	1,390	356	1,034
2016-17	2,302	940	393	547	1,362	375	987
2017-18	1,859	743	231	512	1,116	285	831
2018-19	1,595	635	169	466	960	255	705
2019-20	1,583	647	195	452	936	247	689
2020-21	1,628	685	218	467	943	255	688
2021-22	1,686	782	317	465	904	218	686
2022-23	1,818	964	432	532	854	207	647
Average	1,979	1,979	267	500	1,979	305	907

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Governors State University

Governors State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.89% and the percentage of black students is 35.37% at Governors State University. 2.48% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Governors State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	16	86	2,084	425	8	2,447	57
2013-14	19	106	2,067	449	12	2,373	78
2014-15	15	117	2,222	488	8	2,278	101
2015-16	10	102	2,145	575	3	2,149	113
2016-17	9	98	2,122	600	5	1,993	123
2017-18	5	108	2,002	603	3	1,727	124
2018-19	3	99	1,866	630	2	1,595	137
2019-20	1	114	1,854	645	4	1,526	131
2020-21	4	122	1,784	691	2	1,494	120
2021-22	5	113	1,596	660	1	1,342	138
2022-23	6	110	1,566	662	3	1,279	124
Average	8	107	1,937	584	5	1,837	113

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Governors State University

Governors State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,448 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 154.04% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Governors State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,776	570	1,398	3,808
2015-16	5,938	612	1,504	3,822
2016-17	5,819	627	1,683	3,509
2017-18	5,185	644	1,598	2,943
2018-19	4,857	617	1,721	2,519
2019-20	4,789	1,026	446	3,317
2020-21	4,650	744	1,897	2,009
2021-22	4,395	1,075	1,840	1,480
2022-23	4,427	1,448	1,910	1,069
Average	5,093	818	1,555	2,720

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Governors State University

Enrollment Trends at GSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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