Nursing at Governors State University

Every nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nursing program at Governors State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

GSU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

GSU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at GSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #371 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at GSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Governors State University.

GSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Governors State University with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 30% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Governors State University with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Governors State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Governors State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	32
Nursing Science	18
Nursing Administration	6
Nursing Practice	1

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Governors State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Nurse Practitioners	5,540	$105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,810	$69,310
Nurse Anesthetists	1,510	$190,500

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By User:Astuishin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.