Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Overview

Located in Edwardsville, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution. SIUE is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SIUE.
• In 2017-2018, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SIUE makes roughly $43,000 a year. This is 5% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SIUE.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SIUE has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#7	Best Value Colleges for Physical Sciences	College Factual
#13	Best Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician Schools	College Factual
#22	Best Value Colleges for History	College Factual
#26	Best Value Colleges for Communication & Journalism	College Factual
#34	Best Value Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences	College Factual
#39	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?

Contact details for SIUE are given below.

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

How Do I Get Into SIUE?

You can apply to SIUE online at: www.siue.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for SIUE

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SIUE?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, SIUE is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 48% 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 500 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

SIUE received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?

The overall average net price of SIUE is $20,070. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 SIUE, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,227 a year. That adds up to $24,908 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SIUE is 6.8%. 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.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,942 undergraduate students at SIUE, with 8,071 being full-time and 1,871 being part-time.

There are also 2,918 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,071 full-time undergraduates at SIUE, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	211
Black or African American	1,042
Hispanic or Latino	403
White	5,825
International Students	141
Other Races/Ethnicities	449

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at SIUE. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Turkey, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

In 2019-2020, 12,252 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 20th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of SIUE

The following table shows how SIUE is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Natural Resources Conservation	#4	#1
Natural Resources & Conservation	#13	#1
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#52	#31

Online Growth Rankings of SIUE

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was 82.0%. This is the #478 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SIUE regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SIUE majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	10%
Business, Management & Marketing	7%
Criminal Justice & Corrections	5%
Education	5%
Health & Medical Administrative Services	23%
Health Professions	2%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	5%
Nursing	3%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SIUE ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SIUE.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Instructional Media Design	#54
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#93
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#113
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#132
Nursing	#159
Education	#223
Business Administration & Management	#252
Business, Management & Marketing	#334
Health Professions	#362

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%.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	485	0	11	67	563
Business Administration & Management	244	0	80	0	324
General Psychology	184	0	29	0	213
Health & Physical Education	89	0	65	0	154
General Biology	134	0	19	0	153
Communication & Media Studies	128	0	12	0	140
Criminal Justice & Corrections	130	0	4	0	134
Accounting	83	0	30	0	113
Computer Information Systems	88	0	7	0	95
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	8	84	92
Mechanical Engineering	82	0	4	0	86
Computer Science	76	0	5	0	81
Educational Administration	0	29	45	6	80
Teacher Education Grade Specific	78	0	0	0	78
Social Work	38	0	29	0	67
General English Literature	54	0	9	0	63
Chemistry	43	0	18	0	61
Electrical Engineering	38	0	20	0	58
Dentistry	0	0	0	56	56
Interdisciplinary Studies	43	1	9	0	53
Communication Sciences	35	0	17	0	52
History	49	0	3	0	52
Civil Engineering	30	0	16	0	46
Industrial Engineering	27	0	15	0	42
Fine & Studio Arts	35	0	5	0	40
Music	23	3	14	0	40
Sociology	35	0	4	0	39
Public Health	38	0	0	0	38
Geography & Cartography	32	0	6	0	38
Business/Managerial Economics	34	0	0	0	34
Mathematics	22	0	10	0	32
Political Science & Government	30	0	0	0	30
Public Administration	0	0	29	0	29
Special Education	21	0	5	0	26
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	26	0	26
Construction Management	25	0	0	0	25
Anthropology	20	0	0	0	20
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	19	0	19
Natural Resources Conservation	10	0	9	0	19
Marketing	0	0	18	0	18
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	18	0	0	0	18
Computer Engineering	16	0	0	0	16
Drama & Theater Arts	14	0	0	0	14
Robotics Engineering	13	0	0	0	13
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	12	0	0	0	12
Philosophy	12	0	0	0	12
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4	2	3	0	9
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	9	0	0	9
Economics	9	0	0	0	9
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	8	0	8
Museum Studies	0	8	0	0	8
Instructional Media Design	0	1	6	0	7
Other Education	0	0	6	0	6
International Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	0	0	0	5
Physics	4	0	0	0	4
Writing Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Construction Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,597	53	623	213	3,486

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.