by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #626 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, SIUE came in at #30.
SIUE was ranked #292 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois, SIUE came in at #16.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 62.3% of the total graduate students at SIUE are women and 37.7% are men.
Of all the graduate students at SIUE, around 19.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. SIUE is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 7.2% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,146 | $7,146 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
Master's degree recipients from SIUE earn an average salary of $52,581 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 10% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at SIUE is $119,823. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 59% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Contact details for SIUE are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Il State Rte 157, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1259 |
| Phone: | 888-328-5168 |
| Website: | www.siue.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/siuedwardsville |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/siue |
Around 63.1% of SIUE graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 42.4% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 56 |
| Educational Administration | 8 |
| Nursing | 69 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 78 |
Footnotes
*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.
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