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Governors State University
University Park, IL · Public · 2,556 students · mostly bachelor degrees
66th-cheapest of 180 Illinois colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,329
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,227
Graduation rate
22%
Admission rate
48%
Median graduate earnings
$58,169
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$18,618
Median ACT
19
Pell grant recipients
54%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
75 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$131,619Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$92,964Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$88,391Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree0 grads/yr$87,911Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$79,154Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$76,515Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree27 grads/yr$70,895Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree37 grads/yr$63,633Social Work · Master's Degree42 grads/yr$62,482Accounting · Bachelor's Degree40 grads/yr$61,223Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree96 grads/yr$59,562Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$58,455Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$58,036Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree25 grads/yr$57,823Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$56,452Social Work · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$56,123Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$55,811Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$53,227Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$51,027General Studies · Bachelor's Degree89 grads/yr$50,703English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$50,426Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$47,475Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$47,048Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$46,895
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.