Edwardsville, IL · Public · 8,750 undergraduates · suburban
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Less selective
SIUE offers professional-school breadth in a suburban St. Louis setting, with especially strong undergraduate access to engineering, nursing, business, and sciences.
Institutional profile
Established Strong in affordability, and solid in mobility.- Admission
- 97.2% admitted
- Price by income
- Resident and nonresident prices differ
- Completion
- 59.2%
8,937 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$56,346 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville apart
Academic design
Engineering, nursing, business, education, sciences, and arts share a large, multi-school campus.
Campus pattern
Edwardsville provides a spacious suburban campus northeast of St. Louis.
Career & value signal
St. Louis-area hospitals, manufacturers, firms, and public agencies broaden internships and clinical placements.
Can I get in?
97.2% admitted
Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.
Recent applicant pool
8,937About 97 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
Of admitted students, 49% submitted an SAT, and 19% submitted an ACT. Treat the ACT range as a guide to the students who submitted that test, not to everyone admitted.
In the season card
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Engineering, nursing, business, education, sciences, and arts share a large, multi-school campus.
Make institutional fit specific
SIUE offers professional-school breadth in a suburban St. Louis setting, with especially strong undergraduate access to engineering, nursing, business, and sciences.
Use the application route carefully
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.
Fee waiver: accepted
Major and program admission
Some fields have their own entry path.
The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.
Computer scienceAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Teacher preparationAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
EngineeringAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.
In the season card
Average annual cost by household income at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Admits separately
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Admits separately
Psychology, General
Biology, General
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Admits separately
What is campus life like?
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville beyond the classroom
Edwardsville provides a spacious suburban campus northeast of St. Louis.
A defining academic feature
Engineering, nursing, business, education, sciences, and arts share a large, multi-school campus.
What shapes an ordinary week
Edwardsville provides a spacious suburban campus northeast of St. Louis.
Where the degree can lead
St. Louis-area hospitals, manufacturers, firms, and public agencies broaden internships and clinical placements.