Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public college in Edwardsville, IL. Its average net price is $13,111 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$7,865
$30,001 to $48,000$7,474
$48,001 to $75,000$8,673
$75,001 to $110,000$15,098
$110,001 and up$20,346
$13,299Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$13,299Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$13,111Average Net Price
$11,231Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$980Books and Supplies
$5,965Other Expenses
37.3%Students on Pell Grants
38.3%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

97.5%Acceptance Rate
490 to 600SAT Reading, Middle Half
460 to 590SAT Math, Middle Half
20 to 27ACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$52,445
8 years after entry$56,358
10 years after entry$59,436
56.5%Graduation Rate
75.7%Retention Rate
$19,000Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Edwardsville, ILLocation
Large suburbSetting
8,750Undergraduate Enrollment
PublicControl

Programs and What They Pay

Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.

MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Accounting$60,163 Small program - rough guide n=61$18,125 Small program - rough guide n=54
Anthropology$34,245 National median for this major n=8,063Not published
Biology$41,163 Small program - rough guide n=97$21,600 n=118
Business Administration, Management and Operations$49,326 n=294$18,050 n=299
Business/Managerial Economics$56,982 National median for this major n=4,348Not published
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Civil Engineering$69,762 Small program - rough guide n=51$20,245 Small program - rough guide n=44
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$32,846 National median for this major n=5,303$14,000 Small program - rough guide n=36
Communications$39,254 n=136$20,733 Small program - rough guide n=93
Computer Engineering$83,729 National median for this major n=11,252Not published
Computer Science$50,655 Small program - rough guide n=35Not published
Computer Science$73,819 Small program - rough guide n=93$20,006 Small program - rough guide n=71
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$69,677 National median for this major n=10,572Not published
Construction Management$75,379 National median for this major n=3,543Not published
Criminal Justice$41,862 n=105$22,125 Small program - rough guide n=96
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services$39,341 National median for this major n=2,106Not published
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$29,768 National median for this major n=14,923Not published
Economics$60,917 National median for this major n=25,831Not published
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$82,461 Small program - rough guide n=55$26,726 Small program - rough guide n=36
English Language and Literature, General$37,131 Small program - rough guide n=48$20,596 Small program - rough guide n=44
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925Not published
Geography and Cartography$44,734 National median for this major n=3,998Not published
Geography and Environmental Studies$40,570 National median for this major n=35Not published
History$42,233 Small program - rough guide n=31$18,250 Small program - rough guide n=30
Industrial Engineering$79,132 National median for this major n=4,420Not published
International/Globalization Studies$42,221 National median for this major n=4,870Not published
Languages and Linguistics$33,703 National median for this major n=4,034Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048Not published
Mathematics$52,843 National median for this major n=13,762Not published
Mechanical Engineering$71,555 Small program - rough guide n=72$21,792 Small program - rough guide n=56
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering$80,555 National median for this major n=425Not published
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General$43,996 Small program - rough guide n=62$30,322 Small program - rough guide n=66
Music$33,156 National median for this major n=13,251Not published
Philosophy$37,154 National median for this major n=6,052Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$43,306 National median for this major n=36,807Not published
Psychology$36,466 n=151$19,500 n=187
Public Health$36,096 Small program - rough guide n=32Not published
Registered Nursing$76,657 n=581$20,050 n=439
Social Work$41,160 National median for this major n=17,635$21,400 Small program - rough guide n=39
Sociology$40,712 National median for this major n=29,430Not published
Special Education and Teaching$44,259 Small program - rough guide n=38Not published
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$35,646 Small program - rough guide n=32$19,595 Small program - rough guide n=67
Studio Art$33,590 Small program - rough guide n=37$27,297 Small program - rough guide n=34
Surveying Engineering$64,206 National median for this major n=63Not published
Teaching$40,833 n=100$19,503 Small program - rough guide n=97

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