Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Data & Information Overview

This overview covers the essential stats on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you'll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was awarded 69 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama and theater arts.

Overall Quality

SIUE is ranked #663 out of 1,715 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2021 Best Colleges list.

SIUE is also ranked #26 out of 61 schools in Illinois.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SIUE?

Acceptance Rate

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has an acceptance rate of 90%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for SIUE.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to SIUE submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 485 and 625. Math scores were between 495 and 600.

SIUE received ACT scores from 98% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Freshmen Retention Rate

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at SIUE is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

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Good Overall Diversity at SIUE

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,833 undergraduates at SIUE with 8,979 being full-time and 1,854 being part-time.

SIUE Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

The overall diversity score for SIUE is 71.59 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.

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How Much Does Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cost?

The overall average net price of SIUE is $13,532. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for SIUE

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$8,143	$9,157	$13,294	$18,200	$20,163

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SIUE, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SIUE, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $5,916 a year. That adds up to $23,664 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SIUE is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do SIUE Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from SIUE make about $43,000 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Located in Edwardsville, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution. Edwardsville is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for SIUE are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Il State Rte 157, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1259
Phone:	888-328-5168
Website:	www.siue.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/siuedwardsville
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/siue

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 55 majors graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Of these students, 2,607 received undergraduate degrees and 814 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing	467	$55,300
Business Administration & Management	237	$35,200
General Psychology	138	$26,500
General Biology	128	$28,000
Criminal Justice & Corrections	127	$32,000
Communication & Media Studies	123	$27,600
Health & Physical Education	97	$27,800
Accounting	96	$46,200
Teacher Education Grade Specific	92	$27,800
Computer Information Systems	86	$49,300

Learn more about the majors offered at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SIUE

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2017-2018, 2,708 students took at least one online class at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This is an increase from the 2,590 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	2,708	954
2016-2017	2,590	854
2015-2016	2,618	734
2014-2015	1,862	570
2013-2014	1,306	462

Learn more about online learning at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.