Georgia Southern University Overview

Georgia Southern University is a public institution situated in Statesboro, Georgia. The location of GaSou is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Georgia Southern University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at GaSou.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from GaSou makes roughly $47,913 a year. This is 17% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Georgia Southern University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at GaSou.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value General Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Value International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Value Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#59	Best Value Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Value General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#90	Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards GaSou has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#6	Best Teacher Development & Methodology Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Teacher Education Schools	College Factual
#27	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#110	Best Education Schools	College Factual
#117	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual

Where Is Georgia Southern University?

Contact details for GaSou are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1332 Southern Drive, Statesboro, GA 30460-8126
Phone:	912-478-5391
Website:	www.georgiasouthern.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaSouthern
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/georgiasouthern

How Do I Get Into GaSou?

You can apply to GaSou online at: admissions.georgiasouthern.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for GaSou

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into GaSou?

GaSou has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to GaSou submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 503 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 570.

GaSou received ACT scores from 39% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Georgia Southern University?

The overall average net price of GaSou is $26,975. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At GaSou, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,503 a year. That adds up to $26,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GaSou is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Georgia Southern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23,469 undergraduate students at GaSou, with 19,453 being full-time and 4,016 being part-time.

There are also 3,480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,453 full-time undergraduates at GaSou, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Southern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	405
Black or African American	5,116
Hispanic or Latino	1,416
White	11,299
International Students	251
Other Races/Ethnicities	966

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Southern University. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 73 countries are represented at GaSou. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Honduras, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Georgia Southern University

In 2019-2020, 21,050 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GaSou has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of GaSou

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Georgia Southern University was $6,485 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,539. The following table shows how GaSou is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Economics	#1	#4
Information Science	#7	#19
Computer Science	#10	#10
Accounting	#16	#55
Curriculum & Instruction	#19	#121
Social Sciences	#19	#43
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#21	#113
Instructional Media Design	#25	#58
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#27	#105
Computer & Information Sciences	#31	#47
Special Education	#34	#143
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#34	#78
Liberal Arts General Studies	#55	#145
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#55	#145
Business, Management & Marketing	#62	#299

Online Growth Rankings of GaSou

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Southern University was 18.6%. This is the #1,108 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GaSou regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of GaSou majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting	2%
Business Administration & Management	12%
Business, Management & Marketing	2%
Computer & Information Sciences	10%
Education	17%
Educational Administration	40%
Health Professions	4%
Information Science	17%
Instructional Media Design	18%
Nursing	8%
Public Health	4%
Teacher Education Grade Specific	8%
Teacher Education Subject Specific	9%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at GaSou ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at GaSou.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Economics	#39
Management Information Systems	#54
Information Science	#58
Health & Physical Education	#144
Public Health	#152
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#153
Instructional Media Design	#157
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#223
Social Sciences	#248
Educational Administration	#262
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#311
Accounting	#370
Nursing	#480

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Georgia Southern University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	222	35	344	0	601
Business Administration & Management	0	0	337	0	81	1	419
Nursing	0	0	321	4	28	12	365
Health & Physical Education	0	0	246	4	96	0	346
General Psychology	0	0	274	0	16	0	290
General Biology	0	0	210	0	10	0	220
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	16	199	0	0	0	215
Educational Administration	0	0	0	55	144	11	210
Marketing	0	0	200	0	0	0	200
Mechanical Engineering	0	0	197	0	3	0	200
Accounting	12	0	93	5	59	0	169
Criminology	0	0	156	0	11	0	167
Information Science	0	0	154	0	0	0	154
Public Health	0	0	76	4	40	33	153
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	120	0	0	0	120
Allied Health Professions	0	0	110	0	6	0	116
Electrical Engineering	0	0	84	0	6	0	90
Writing Studies	0	0	86	0	0	0	86
Computer Information Systems	0	0	78	0	6	0	84
Civil Engineering	0	0	68	0	1	0	69
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	68	0	0	0	68
Construction Engineering Technology	0	0	66	0	0	0	66
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	66	0	0	0	66
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	25	0	0	40	65
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	43	0	18	0	61
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	35	10	9	0	54
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	15	36	0	51
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	51	0	0	0	51
Textile & Apparel Studies	0	0	49	0	0	0	49
Communication Sciences	0	0	31	0	17	0	48
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	41	0	7	0	48
Management Information Systems	0	0	44	1	0	0	45
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	17	22	6	45
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	44	0	0	0	44
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	43	0	0	0	43
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	43	0	0	0	43
Chemistry	0	0	42	0	0	0	42
Political Science & Government	0	0	41	0	0	0	41
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
History	0	0	32	0	7	0	39
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	36	0	0	0	36
Mathematics	0	0	19	0	16	0	35
General English Literature	0	0	29	0	4	0	33
Sociology	0	0	32	0	0	0	32
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	30	0	30
Manufacturing Engineering	0	0	30	0	0	0	30
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
Journalism	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
International Relations & National Security	0	0	20	0	0	0	20
Special Education	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Music	0	0	9	0	8	0	17
Philosophy	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	1	13	14
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Physics	0	0	13	0	0	0	13
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
Anthropology	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Public Administration	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Computer Engineering	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
General Engineering	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
General Physical Sciences	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
Construction Engineering	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Ethnic Studies	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	6	0	0	6
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Economics	0	0	3	1	2	0	6
Geography & Cartography	0	0	3	0	2	0	5
International Business	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Information Technology	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Taxation	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Gerontology	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graphic Communications	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Civil Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering Technology (Other)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quality Control Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Homeland Security	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	17	16	4,395	165	1,091	116	5,800

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
• Image Credit: By Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.