Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois · Public
Graduate earnings
34of 35 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Illinois high-school graduate (about $36,082 a year). 1 falls short.
35 of 48 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 13: 11 with no earnings published and 2 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 71 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$14,889 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$14,889 a year
About $59,556 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $8,483 |
| $30k to $48k | $8,587 |
| $48k to $75k | $11,116 |
| $75k to $110k | $19,351 |
| $110k and up | $24,684 |
| All families (average) | $14,889 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Illinois high-school graduate ($36,082 a year).
50 of 119 programs could be assessed 42% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $83,867 | +$47,785 | clears the bar | $18,249 | 0.4 yrs | 470 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $65,403 | +$29,321 | clears the bar | $20,625 | 0.7 yrs | 297 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $106,907 | +$70,825 | above HS line | $21,537 | 0.3 yrs | 200 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $48,951 | +$12,869 | clears the bar | $23,375 | 1.8 yrs | 158 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $60,059 | +$23,977 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.9 yrs | 111 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $43,916 | +$7,834 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 3.2 yrs | 93 |
| Nursing | Doctoral Degree | $157,682 | +$121,600 | above HS line | $70,163 | 0.6 yrs | 90 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $52,466 | +$16,384 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 1.3 yrs | 87 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $57,915 | +$21,833 | clears the bar | $22,375 | 1.0 yrs | 83 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $106,082 | +$70,000 | clears the bar | $21,551 | 0.3 yrs | 82 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $49,837 | +$13,755 | clears the bar | $22,355 | 1.6 yrs | 69 |
| Pharmacy | First Professional Degree | $135,751 | +$99,669 | above HS line | $127,762 | 1.3 yrs | 66 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $59,145 | +$23,063 | above HS line | $20,500 | 0.9 yrs | 59 |
| Dentistry | First Professional Degree | $184,815 | +$148,733 | above HS line | $252,399 | 1.7 yrs | 56 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $57,089 | +$21,007 | above HS line | $25,608 | 1.2 yrs | 55 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | $55,110 | +$19,028 | clears the bar | $25,991 | 1.4 yrs | 54 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $81,428 | +$45,346 | clears the bar | $21,774 | 0.5 yrs | 52 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $69,610 | +$33,528 | clears the bar | $19,000 | 0.6 yrs | 51 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $85,969 | +$49,887 | clears the bar | $20,264 | 0.4 yrs | 50 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $41,310 | +$5,228 | clears the bar | $24,250 | 4.6 yrs | 42 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $52,480 | +$16,398 | clears the bar | $23,500 | 1.4 yrs | 34 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $54,615 | +$18,533 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 1.1 yrs | 34 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $62,412 | +$26,330 | above HS line | $22,048 | 0.8 yrs | 32 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $46,814 | +$10,732 | clears the bar | $18,992 | 1.8 yrs | 32 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $99,325 | +$63,243 | clears the bar | $24,000 | 0.4 yrs | 28 |
| Healthcare Administration | Master's Degree | $94,737 | +$58,655 | above HS line | $25,500 | 0.4 yrs | 28 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $92,327 | +$56,245 | above HS line | $14,077 | 0.3 yrs | 27 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | $70,882 | +$34,800 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $36,717 | +$635 | clears the bar | $26,125 | 41.1 yrs | 25 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $47,652 | +$11,570 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 2.2 yrs | 24 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | $74,407 | +$38,325 | above HS line | $33,859 | 0.9 yrs | 23 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $82,744 | +$46,662 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $70,541 | +$34,459 | clears the bar | $22,000 | 0.6 yrs | 22 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $52,564 | +$16,482 | clears the bar | $24,250 | 1.5 yrs | 22 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | $72,8921-year earnings | +$36,810 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $108,768 | +$72,686 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $43,928 | +$7,846 | clears the bar | $16,000 | 2.0 yrs | 20 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | $75,877 | +$39,795 | clears the bar | $18,750 | 0.5 yrs | 20 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $55,894 | +$19,812 | above HS line | $27,643 | 1.4 yrs | 19 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $51,465 | +$15,383 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.6 yrs | 18 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | $61,011 | +$24,929 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $39,698 | +$3,616 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 6.9 yrs | 17 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $46,196 | +$10,114 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 2.2 yrs | 15 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $94,494 | +$58,412 | clears the bar | $20,770 | 0.4 yrs | 12 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | $23,2191-year earnings | -$12,863 | falls short (1-yr) | $23,396 | no earnings gain | 11 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $44,974 | +$8,892 | clears the bar | $23,752 | 2.7 yrs | 11 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | $52,166 | +$16,084 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 1.2 yrs | 11 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $73,513 | +$37,431 | clears the bar | $21,637 | 0.6 yrs | 3 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | Bachelor's Degree | $95,430 | +$59,348 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $74,248 | +$38,166 | clears the bar | $19,275 | 0.5 yrs | not published |
| Industrial Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 30 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 29 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 27 |
| Civil Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 25 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Geography and Cartography | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Marketing | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Education, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Museology/Museum Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Public Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Social Work | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Communications and Media | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer and Information Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| IT Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Civil Engineering | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Electrical Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Surveying Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| English | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Data Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Security Science and Technology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Music | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Pharmacy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Accounting | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,082 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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