How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville admits 97.5% of applicants, making it broadly accessible to students across the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 32.7% receive Pell Grants and 30.7% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the university's deep roots in serving families for whom college is a first-generation milestone. Transfer students make up 39.0% of incoming enrollment, signaling that SIUE functions as a meaningful destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #622 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 75.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 57.0%, with 46.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to the university's ability to support students who face greater financial and logistical barriers to degree completion. On the mobility side, low-income graduates at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earn $50,400 on a historical 10-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 72.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #170 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The university's dominant strength in health-related programs — fields that combine stable regional demand with reliable post-graduation earnings — helps explain how SIUE converts broad access into durable economic outcomes for students who start with fewer financial resources. As explored in Azimuth's Illinois data analysis, institutions that serve large shares of Pell and first-generation students while sustaining solid earnings outcomes represent a distinct and underappreciated form of mobility impact.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville admits 97.5% of applicants, making it broadly accessible to students across the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 32.7% receive Pell Grants and 30.7% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the university's deep roots in serving families for whom college is a first-generation milestone. Transfer students make up 39.0% of incoming enrollment, signaling that SIUE functions as a meaningful destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #622 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 75.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 57.0%, with 46.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to the university's ability to support students who face greater financial and logistical barriers to degree completion. On the mobility side, low-income graduates at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earn $50,400 on a historical 10-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 72.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #170 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The university's dominant strength in health-related programs — fields that combine stable regional demand with reliable post-graduation earnings — helps explain how SIUE converts broad access into durable economic outcomes for students who start with fewer financial resources. As explored in , institutions that serve large shares of Pell and first-generation students while sustaining solid earnings outcomes represent a distinct and underappreciated form of mobility impact.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville admits 97.5% of applicants, making it broadly accessible to students across the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 32.7% receive Pell Grants and 30.7% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the university's deep roots in serving families for whom college is a first-generation milestone. Transfer students make up 39.0% of incoming enrollment, signaling that SIUE functions as a meaningful destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #622 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 75.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 57.0%, with 46.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to the university's ability to support students who face greater financial and logistical barriers to degree completion. On the mobility side, low-income graduates at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earn $50,400 on a historical 10-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 72.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Southern Illinois University Edwardsville #170 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. The university's dominant strength in health-related programs — fields that combine stable regional demand with reliable post-graduation earnings — helps explain how SIUE converts broad access into durable economic outcomes for students who start with fewer financial resources. As explored in Azimuth's Illinois data analysis, institutions that serve large shares of Pell and first-generation students while sustaining solid earnings outcomes represent a distinct and underappreciated form of mobility impact.
