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Grand Valley State University is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. Allendale is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

16,993 Full-Time Undergraduates
$14,302 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Grand Valley State University?

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Contact details for GVSU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Campus Dr, Allendale, MI 49401-9403
Phone: 616-331-2020
Website: www.gvsu.edu

Can I Afford GVSU?

$14,302 In-State Tuition
51% Take Out Loans
0.9% Loan Default Rate
For the <nil> academic year, part-time GVSU students paid $601 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $848 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $14,302 $20,198
Books and Supplies $756 $756
On Campus Room and Board $10,140 $10,140
On Campus Other Expenses $2,349 $2,349

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At GVSU, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,613 a year. That adds up to $26,452 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GVSU is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Grand Valley State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

16,993 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 19,379 undergraduate students at GVSU, with 16,993 being full-time and 2,386 being part-time.

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There are also 3,027 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,993 full-time undergraduates at GVSU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Grand Valley State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 428
Black or African American 697
Hispanic or Latino 1,034
White 13,889
International Students 189
Other Races/Ethnicities 756

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Grand Valley State University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at GVSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Grand Valley State University

1,187 Took All Classes Online
10,213 Took At Least One Class Online
260.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 10,213 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GVSU has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of GVSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Grand Valley State University was 260.7%. This is the #185 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GVSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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