Student Population at Governors State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
4,427	2,609	1,818

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,427 students have enrolled in Governors State University with 2,609 undergraduate and 1,818 graduate students.

By gender, 1,600 male and 2,827 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,448 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,910 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

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 gender, 1,600 male and 2,827 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	4,427	2,609	1,818
Men	1,600	961	639
Women	2,827	1,648	1,179

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	1	5
Asian	110	41	69
Black	1,566	432	1,134
Hispanic	662	216	446
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	1,279	449	830
Two or more races	124	41	83
Race Unknown	124	49	75

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	1	5
Asian	61	28	33
Black	1,043	336	707
Hispanic	503	176	327
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	774	317	457
Two or more races	90	32	58
Race Unknown	83	36	47

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	49	13	36
Black	523	96	427
Hispanic	159	40	119
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	505	132	373
Two or more races	34	9	25
Race Unknown	41	13	28

Student Age Distribution

By age, GovState 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. GovState 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.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	3	3	0
18-19	316	175	141
20-21	486	311	175
22-24	1,057	622	435
25-29	1,021	595	426
30-34	449	303	146
35-39	282	219	63
40-49	465	347	118
50-64	313	233	80
Over 65	35	19	16

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	3	3	0
18-19	316	175	141
20-21	472	302	170
22-24	655	395	260
25-29	461	283	178
30-34	230	148	82
35-39	124	101	23
40-49	197	140	57
50-64	136	95	41
Over 65	15	6	9

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

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.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	4,427	1,448	1,910
Undergraduate	2,609	1,054	1,243
Graduate	1,818	394	667

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,384	46	18
Undergraduate	1,029	24	1
Graduate	355	22	17

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,311
Transfer-in Full-time	318
Regular Part-time	866
Transfer-in Part-time	114

Student Population at Governors State University

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