Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale operates as a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 8,494 students of which 9,134 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. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is categorized as “16” 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 86.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,055 and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,297, with published in-state tuition of $13,334 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,543, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 66.8%. Graduates earn a median of $53,390 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,087 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 789000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.6% 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.