Inside Academics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is about average at 15 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville employs 72% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville offers 57 majors with reported completions across 22 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Southern Illinois University Edwardsville offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 3,675 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Southern Illinois University Edwardsville retains and graduates its students — 76% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in more detail:

• Academic Majors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation & Retention at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation Detail at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville — the schools accreditation and what it means