Carbondale, IL
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
https://www.siu.eduRepayment outcome
80.7%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$24,900–$60,900
middle 50% · median $41,500
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$16,265
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$15,245
Sticker price
before any aid
$24,234
Default rate
9.3%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Criminal Justice$103,432
- Engineering$58,221
- Health Professions$50,709
- Mechanic Tech$49,840
- Legal Studies$48,041
- Business$47,846
- Transportation$45,715
- Education$44,835
- Comm. Tech$41,295
- Physical Sciences$40,791
- Communication and Media Studies.$40,132
- Engineering Tech$38,829
- Visual & Performing Arts$38,426
- Public Admin$36,852
- Interdisciplinary$36,094
- Computer Science$35,416
- Math & Statistics$31,670
- Parks & Fitness$30,409
- History$28,236
- Psychology$28,084
- Liberal Arts$27,280
- Culinary & Personal$25,194
- Foreign Languages$23,997
- Biology$23,649
- Family Sciences$23,456
- English & Literature$23,163
- Social Sciences$19,045
Academics
Acceptance
78.9%
Avg SAT
1,032
Enrollment
13,220
What students study
23 fields offered
Education
17% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Health Professions9.8%
- 03Business8.6%
- 04Engineering Tech7.1%
- 05Social Sciences6.2%
- 06Visual & Performing Arts5.3%
- 07Engineering4.5%
- 08Agriculture4.1%
- 09Communications3.9%
- 10Transportation3.7%
- 11Biology3.4%
- 12English & Literature3.1%
- 13Parks & Fitness2.9%
- 14Psychology2.8%
- 15Computer Science2.4%
- 16Public Admin2.3%
- 17Liberal Arts1.9%
- 18History1.5%
- 19Interdisciplinary1.4%
- 20Architecture1.2%
- 21Legal Studies1.2%
- 22Mechanic Tech1.2%
- 23Natural Resources1.2%