by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping 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 a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Georgia Southwestern State University landed the #974 spot.
GSW also ranked #19 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
The total graduate student population at GSW is made up of 79.0% women and 21.0% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 27.8% of the graduate student population at GSW. GSW is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 4.7% 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 | $3,492 | $13,806 |
| Fees | $1,400 | $1,400 |
After obtaining their master's degree from GSW, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $63,937. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 9% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Georgia Southwestern State University.
Contact details for GSW are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 Georgia Southwestern State University Dr., Americus, GA 31709-4693 |
| Phone: | 877-871-4594 |
| Website: | https://gsw.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaSouthwestern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/GaSouthwestern |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 99.7% of the graduate students at GSW took at least one online course. Approximately 46.2% 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.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 34 |
| Computer Science | 9 |
| Nursing | 37 |
| Special Education | 14 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 58 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 8 |
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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