Public · Community college

Southeastern Illinois College

Harrisburg, Illinois · Distant rural

22%
Transfer rate: $11,437
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $33,763
Median earnings

Southeastern Illinois College is a public certificate-granting institution in Harrisburg, Illinois (distant rural setting), enrolling 680 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 680 undergradsDistant ruralNJCAA Division ICold winters

About Harrisburg, Illinois

Harrisburg is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Illinois, United States. At the beginning of recorded American history, the Harrisburg area was inhabited by several Algonquian tribes, including the Shawnee and Piankashaw, who lived in the dense inland forests. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant rural
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 50 miles to Evansville, IN
To Great Lakes shore: 274 miles
Nearest airport: 32 miles to Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA)

How Southeastern Illinois College compares

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 42% · #67 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention66%

Higher than 34%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,763

Higher than 45% · #63 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$11,437

Cheaper than 64% · #52 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment680

Larger than 68%

Percentiles compare Southeastern Illinois College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women39959%
Men28141%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White86%
Black3.4%
Hispanic4.0%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial5.4%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 680
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 24%
First-generation students: 43%
Students over 25: 25%
Median family income: $14,652
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $64,764
Endowment: $4,763,961

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 262 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Illinois90%
Other U.S. states9.6%

Most first-years stay in state — Southeastern Illinois College draws overwhelmingly from Illinois.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $4,560
Out-of-state tuition: $6,780
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $845
Total cost of attendance: $16,113
Average net price: $11,437

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 66%
Transferred to another college: 22%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,254
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,763
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free
Athletics: NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes: 83 (52 men · 31 women)

Varsity sports (4)

Baseball45

Softball21

Volleyball10

Golf7

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 2

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$10,895

$30–48k

$11,337

$48–75k

$12,999

$75–110k

$12,731

$110k+

$12,908

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

44%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,476

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 44% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,476. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 199 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $33,763
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$31,080

Men

$43,145

Men out-earn women by $12,065 (39%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 24°F
Annual rain: 47.6″
Annual snow: 3.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Harrisburg, IL US station (4.9 mi from campus).

What Southeastern Illinois College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

67 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

67———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

67 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

67———Ground TransportationCert.

66 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

66———Biological and Physical SciencesAssoc.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

25 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

25———Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———Precision Metal WorkingCert.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCert.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Tuition: $5k
Transfer: 13%
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Earnings: $31k

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Students: 1,158
Tuition: $5k
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Tuition: $6k
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Chicago, Illinois · Large city · 7 mi to Chicago

Students: 1,777
Tuition: $5k
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Earnings: $28k

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.