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Southeastern Illinois College

Southeastern Illinois College is a public institution in Harrisburg, Illinois. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$11,437
Avg net price / yr
$33,763
10-yr median earnings
52.9%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Southeastern Illinois College posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

29th pct.
former-student earnings, US
52.9%
150%-time completion
+15%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Distant Carnegie: Associate's
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Southeastern Illinois College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

D
College Value Score
47/100
Southeastern Illinois College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings F
$33,763
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B
$11,437
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate D
52.9%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Southeastern Illinois College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$33,763

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$11,437

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

52.9%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 52.9%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Southeastern Illinois College vs peers

Southeastern Illinois College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 7 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Southeastern Illinois College positioned by … Carnegie Classification: Associate's Associate's COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $28K $42K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $3K $12K Avg Net Price ($) Southeastern Illinois College (you are here): $34K earn · $11K net · 53% grad You are here - Southeastern Illin… Shawnee Community College: $33K earn · $4K net · 51% grad Shawnee Community … Spoon River College: $38K earn · $3K net · 42% grad Spoon River College Highland Community College: $38K earn · $6K net · 45% grad Highland Community… Carl Sandburg College: $35K earn · $4K net · 45% grad Carl Sandburg Coll… Sauk Valley Community College: $40K earn · $8K net · 50% grad Sauk Valley Commun… Rend Lake College: $36K earn · $9K net · 62% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Southeastern Illinois College ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Southeastern Illinois College: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$33,763 29th percentile higher than 29% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Southeastern Illinois College National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $33,763 #3626 of 5103 29th
Average net price $11,437 #1394 of 5020 72nd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 52.9% #2749 of 4858 43rd
Undergraduate enrollment 680 #2563 of 5462 53rd

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

680
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
52.9%
150%-time completion
$33,763
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Southeastern Illinois College ranks in Illinois

State rank among 189 reporting Illinois colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Southeastern Illinois College State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $33,763 #136 of 189 28th
Average net price $11,437 #56 of 179 69th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 52.9% #102 of 171 40th
Undergraduate enrollment 680 #101 of 201 50th

Highest former-student earnings in Illinois

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Chamberlain University-Illinois$92,405$31,837
2University of Chicago$91,885$14,860
3Northwestern University$89,363$29,167
4St. John's College$86,331-
5Lakeview College of Nursing$84,522-
6Illinois Institute of Technology$82,592$18,425
7University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign$81,054$14,355
8Saint Anthony College of Nursing$77,709-
9Rush University$75,194-
10Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing$72,850-
11Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences$72,430-
12Loyola University Chicago$71,530$36,079
136Southeastern Illinois CollegeThis school$33,763$11,437

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Southeastern Illinois College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Southeastern Illinois College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $4,560
Out-of-State Tuition $6,780
Average Net Price $11,437
24.0%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate

Net price at Southeastern Illinois College swings rather than trends

Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $3,707 to $8,535 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -22.2%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$3,707
Highest year
$8,535
Most recent (2023)
$5,571
Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $7,1602014: $8,5352015: $6,6082016: $8,4082017: $5,3062018: $6,4492019: $5,7142020: $3,7072021: $5,6972022: $6,3462023: $5,571
2013 · $7,1602023 · $5,571

Over the same years, enrollment went -35.8% (1,027 → 659 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

58.7%
Female
42.9%
First Generation

Outcomes

$29,254
Median Earnings (6yr)
41.1%
Earning Over $25K

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 52.9%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $29,254
Median earnings 10 years after entry $33,763
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 41.1%

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Southeastern Illinois College?
Southeastern Illinois College is a public institution in Harrisburg, Illinois. Undergraduate enrollment is 680 students.
How much do Southeastern Illinois College former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Southeastern Illinois College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $33,763 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $29,254.
How much does Southeastern Illinois College cost?
The average net price at Southeastern Illinois College is $11,437. In-state tuition is $4,560 and out-of-state tuition is $6,780.
What is the graduation rate at Southeastern Illinois College?
Southeastern Illinois College has a 52.9% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Southeastern Illinois College

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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Public-institution profiles compile Scorecard Title-IV earnings, IPEDS enrollment/admissions, and Treasury linkage fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.