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Community college · Public

Southeastern Illinois College

Cottage Township, IL123 online only

Southeastern Illinois College is a public community college in Cottage Township, IL, with about 1,269 students on campus.

Students on campus
1,269
plus 123 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,437
tuition and fees $4,560; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
55%
lower than at 63% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$33,763
lower than at 71% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Southeastern Illinois College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Southeastern Illinois College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $16,113 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,780

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,560Books & supplies $845Other costs $10,708

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,437.

Tuition and fees are $4,560 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$12,999

About $25,998 over 2 years · 19% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
55%
within 3 years · Pell students 46%
Come back for year two
66%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$33,763
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 38%Health professions 14%Transportation 12%Interdisciplinary 10%Precision production 7%Public safety 4%Everything else 15%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities67 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences44 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing25 graduates a year
—not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians8 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications6 graduates a year
—not reported
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management3 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections3 graduates a year
—not reported
Precision Metal Working2 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

680 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 86%Hispanic 4%Black 3%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 1%

Women and men

Women 57%Men 43%
17 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
25%
undergrads 25 or older
29%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Cottage Township

3% of Cottage Township’s 218 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Cottage Township pages.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.