Student Population at GovState

The following chart compares GovState's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois.

GovState has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,487 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (15,151 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Governors State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,564 male and 2,833 female students attending GovState. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.55 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at GovState.

At Governors State University, 3,518 students (80.01% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,705 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,631 students live in Illinois where Governors State University is located in and 65 students have enrolled from other states.