-11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale fell 11% between 2021 and 2024 (75.2% → 66.8%).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois. 8,116 undergraduate students. 216 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.4% → 0.0%).
+38%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale rose 38% between 2021 and 2024 (45.3% → 62.4%).
+27%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale rose 26% between 2021 and 2024 (31.9% → 40.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Illinois
Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$53,390+24% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$43,087
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry56.3%+74% · '97→'24
Illinois median 53.3%$17,750+310% · '97→'20
At program completion8,116-52% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.7%-3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time90.4%+26% · '01→'24
latest cohort$13,244+280% · '00→'24
out-of-state $13,244SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.4%Median federal debt $17,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,390 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+74%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · completion · 150% rose
35.9% → 62.4%
+173%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · completion · 100% rose
14.8% → 40.4%
-52%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · undergrad enrollment fell
17,691 → 8,494
+280%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · in-state tuition rose
$3,511 → $13,334
+125%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,920 → $13,334
+310%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · median debt rose
$5,250 → $21,543
-100%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · cohort default rate fell
8.1% → 0.0%
+20%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,900 → $43,087
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Medicine.$206,035Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$125,602Computer Science.$106,322Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$92,494Mechanical Engineering.$88,465Business Administration, Management and Operations.$86,437Air Transportation.$82,555Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$79,862Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$79,815Civil Engineering.$78,165Architecture.$76,175Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$75,713Law.$75,561Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$74,324Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$71,582Information Science/Studies.$70,430Accounting and Related Services.$70,417Public Health.$70,246Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$70,006Accounting and Related Services.$69,606Air Transportation.$66,893Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,066Marketing.$63,690Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$63,679
Showing top 24 of 73 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
73 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$63,679Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$46,084Special Education and Teaching.$46,500Educational Administration and Supervision.$50,782Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,952
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,063Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$125,602Medicine.$206,035Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$70,006Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$57,061Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$60,361Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$75,713Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$79,815Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$46,391Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$43,950Public Health.$70,246
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Accounting and Related Services.$70,417Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$62,561Accounting and Related Services.$69,606Finance and Financial Management Services.$63,649Marketing.$63,690Business Administration, Management and Operations.$86,437Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,066Hospitality Administration/Management.$46,602
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$335,294
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,206
- HS-only baseline · IL
- $38,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 13
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduates earn $X” — not “Southern Illinois University-Carbondale makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southern Illinois University-Carbondale caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.