Career Center of Southern Illinois

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Career Center of Southern Illinois

Career Center of Southern Illinois operates as a public institution located in Red Bud, Illinois (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 36 students of which 112 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Career Center of Southern Illinois is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 56.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,204 and a Pell grant recipient share of 74.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,170, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 63.6% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $48,452 ten years after enrolling, compared with $49,095 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 14000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 76.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.