unitid 149222 · Carbondale, IL · public 4-year · town (distant)
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- enrollment 2023
- 12,419
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
58th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,494
67th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
69th pctl among public 4-years
completion
62%
finish within 150% time
81st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,329
82nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,297
after aid, aided students
54th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,390
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,543
70th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,415 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k33%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $37,454
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,334
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Transportation. | 171 | $66,893 | $20,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 102 | $63,679 | $21,182 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. | 89 | $74,324 | $19,187 |
| Law. | 76 | $75,561 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 75 | $125,602 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 72 | $70,417 | $23,251 |
| Medicine. | 69 | $206,035 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 68 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 65 | $46,393 | $24,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 61 | $46,084 | $21,944 |
| Criminology. | 61 | $55,612 | $24,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 59 | $70,006 | $24,470 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.