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Nursing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Nursing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

SIUE Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

SIUE Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SIUE is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 69 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at SIUE

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

SIUE Nursing Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at SIUE are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 33
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 388
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

SIUE Nursing Master’s Program

100% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from SIUE, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 434
Nursing Practice 75
Nursing Administration 17

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Registered Nurses 129,400 $73,890
Medical and Health Services Managers 14,050 $121,900
Nurse Practitioners 5,540 $105,800
Nursing Instructors and Professors 1,810 $69,310
Nurse Anesthetists 1,510 $190,500

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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