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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Bachelor’s in Nursing

485 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$57,612 Average Salary
$24,750 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in nursing, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the SIUE Bachelor’s in Nursing

#434 in the U.S
#22 in Illinois

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at SIUE was ranked #434 on College Factual's Best Schools for nursing list. It is also ranked #22 in Illinois.

Here are some of the other rankings for SIUE.

Ranking TypeRank
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing13
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing27
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans28
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing31
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $30-$48k)33
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k)33
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing34
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k)36
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing40
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans42
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans44
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (With Aid)47
Best Nursing Colleges for Veterans47
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $30-$48k)56
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k)59
Most Popular Colleges for Nursing60
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income Over $110k)61
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing63
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k)64
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $30-$48k)69
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k)70
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k)76
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k)92
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (With Aid)113
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k)128
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income Over $110k)131
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools148
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Nursing Graduates157
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (With Aid)168
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k)183
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income Over $110k)191
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Nursing Graduates224
Best Value Colleges for Nursing238
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing249
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools271
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools277
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (Income $30-$48k)351
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (Income $0-$30k)352
Best Nursing Schools434
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing464
Most Focused Colleges for Nursing489
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k)516
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing520
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (Income Over $110k)705
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Graduates762
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (With Aid)769
Best Value Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k)779
Highest Paid Nursing Graduates1,449

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Nursing from SIUE Cost?

$11,495 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$24,750 Average Student Debt

SIUE Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at SIUE paid an average of $297 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$8,559$8,559
Fees$2,936$2,936
Books and Supplies$915$915
On Campus Room and Board$9,881$9,881
On Campus Other Expenses$2,906$2,906

Learn more about SIUE tuition and fees.

SIUE Nursing Bachelor’s Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at SIUE in Nursing walked away with an average of $24,750 in student debt. That is 9% higher than the national average of $22,660.

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How Much Can You Make With a Bachelor’s in Nursing From SIUE?

$57,612 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SIUE is $57,612 per year. That is 7% lower than the national average of $62,199.

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Does SIUE Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Nursing?

SIUE does not offer an online option for its nursing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SIUE Online Learning page.

SIUE Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Nursing

485 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
87.0% Women
15.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 485 bachelor’s degrees in nursing awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 87.0% of the nursing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 86.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 15.3% of the nursing bachelor’s degrees at SIUE in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian10
Black or African American31
Hispanic or Latino20
Native American or Alaska Native1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1
White405
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities17

Bachelor’s in Nursing Focus Areas at SIUE

Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Registered Nursing485

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to nursing.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Communication Sciences35
Public Health38
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services18

View All Nursing Related Majors >

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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