Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Business Programs

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution situated in Edwardsville, Illinois. SIUE is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SIUE.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#149	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SIUE has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#20	Best Value Colleges for General Economics	College Factual
#21	Best Value Colleges for Economics	College Factual
#41	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#103	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#136	Best Value Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#172	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is 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

How Do I Get Into SIUE?

You can apply to SIUE online at: www.siue.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for SIUE

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SIUE?

SIUE has the high acceptance rate of 85%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 48% of students accepted to SIUE submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

SIUE received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?

The overall average net price of SIUE is $20,070. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SIUE, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,227 a year. That adds up to $24,908 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SIUE is 5.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,942 undergraduate students at SIUE, with 8,071 being full-time and 1,871 being part-time.

There are also 2,918 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,071 full-time undergraduates at SIUE, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	211
Black or African American	1,042
Hispanic or Latino	403
White	5,825
International Students	141
Other Races/Ethnicities	449

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at SIUE. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Turkey, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

In 2019-2020, 12,252 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SIUE has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of SIUE

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was 82.0%. This is the #399 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SIUE regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SIUE ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SIUE.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#204
Business Administration & Management	#252

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	249	143	392
Accounting	77	24	101
Construction Management	27	0	27
Business Economics	16	0	16
General Economics	12	0	12
Marketing Research	0	9	9
TOTAL	381	176	557

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.