2007-08 Academic Year

Student Profile:

Enrollment: 16,841
Graduate Students: 1,987
Male Students: 8,217
Female Students: 8,624

Faculty Profile:

Faculty: 780
Full Time Faculty: 711
Part Time Faculty: 69
Student/faculty ratio: 19:1

Expenses (per semester)

In-state
Tuition: $1,479
Fees: $526
Room & Board: $3,666

Out-of-state
Tuition: $5,915

Fast Facts

School Mascot: GUS the Eagle
Size: 675 acres
Operating Budget: $168.4 million
State Appropriations: $92.8 million
Endowment: $37 million
Regional Economic Impact: $719 million

Things You Should Know

• Georgia Southern University is the only institution within the University System of Georgia to raise its average SAT score each year since 1995. The current average SAT score is 1105 (an all-time record high).
• The University is home to the College of Information Technology - the only one in the southeastern United States.
• The University’s Master of Business Administration and the Master of Accounting are featured in Best 282 Business Schools published by The Princeton Review.
• Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health was the first such facility in the University System of Georgia.
• The College of Business Administration houses the only School of Economic Development in the southeastern United States. Students assist with economic development projects for area municipalities and regions across the state.
• The University’s Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program is one of only three such programs nationally to be accredited by the Computing Accreditation Board of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
• Georgia Southern University hosts students from 21 countries from around the world.
• Using a $5.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Colleges of Education and Science & Technology are collaborating to develop methods of improving public school students’ achievement in math and science.

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