Mathematics at Governors State University

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at Governors State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in math from GSU.

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

GSU Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

GSU Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how GSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at GSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	528

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in math from GSU. This makes it the #103 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

Math Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

The math program at GSU awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

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

GSU Mathematics Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Mathematics from GSU in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a math master's degree from GSU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSU also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Mathematical Science Professors	2,480	$66,600
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Statisticians	1,820	$89,040
Mathematicians	50	$103,220

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.