by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Georgia Southern University took the #289 spot.
In addition, GaSou took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, GaSou came in at #444.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Georgia, GaSou came in at #10.
The total graduate student population at GaSou is made up of 73.6% women and 26.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at GaSou, around 34.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. GaSou is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.7% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,986 | $19,890 |
| Fees | $2,114 | $2,114 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at GaSou is $50,977. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 13% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at GaSou is $74,968. That's on par with the nationwide average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of 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 |
Around 72.0% of GaSou graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 53.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 6 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 13 |
| Educational Administration | 11 |
| Nursing | 12 |
| Public Health | 33 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 40 |
Footnotes
*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.
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