Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, or SIUE, is located in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States. It is the younger of the two constituent institutions of Southern Illinois University. It was established in 1957. According to US News & World Report, America's best colleges of 2008, SIUE ranks in the top ten Midwest masters public colleges. The campus is spread across an area of 2,660 acres.

SIUE offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. It is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Graduate School
• School of Business
• School of Dental Medicine
• School of Education
• School of Engineering
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy
• College of Arts & Sciences

SIUE’s School of Business has been ranked Best 290 Business School in the 2008 edition of the Princeton Review. The university is home to several student clubs and organizations. SIUE has an active Greek life with several fraternities and sororities including Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Lambda, and Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in medicine and nursing and emergency medicine.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 74% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 13,602 in 2009-2010 (11,780 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students, graduate students are 19%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville provides on-campus housing for 3,524 of its 11,780 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Ohio Valley Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 100 male students received the aid (men were 50% of those receiving aid) and 99 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 50% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (41 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (581 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing Research

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (52 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (20 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (348 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (196 awarded)

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (38 awarded)

• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (100 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (27 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (524 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (24 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (76 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (57 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (124 awarded)

• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (26 awarded)

• Music Pedagogy
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (246 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (71 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (190 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (54 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (162 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• School Psychology