Information Technology at Governors State University

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Governors State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GSU is located in University Park, Illinois and approximately 4,650 students attend the school each year. Of the 82 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Governors State University in 2021, 39 of them were information technology majors.

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

GSU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

GSU Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at GSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 IT major at GSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	160
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	161
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
	196
Best Value Information Technology Schools	224
Best Information Technology Schools	258
	288

IT Student Demographics at GSU

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

GSU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from GSU in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Computer Network Architects	5,310	$114,780

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.