Governors State University vs Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Governors State University

Public university in suburban Illinois with enrollment under 4,500 and strong focus on business and management education.

Research-intensive public university in southern Illinois with accessible admissions and health professions focus.

Metric	Governors State University	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Total Student Enrollment	4,337	11,359
Endowment (End of Year)	$114,459,888	$359,173,218
Official Website	https://www.govst.edu/	https://siu.edu/
Sector Group	Public 4-Year or Above	Public 4-Year or Above
Setting	Suburb	Town
Carnegie Classification	Mixed Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Medium	Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Medium