Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Public school in Edwardsville, Illinois. 8,750 undergraduates. School website

91.3%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$13,111
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$76,657
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 91.3% of the time (587 test-takers), 7.2 points above the Illinois BSN average of 84.1%.
  • That puts it 15th of 33 ranked BSN programs in Illinois on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $13,111 a year is $3,541 below the $16,652 median of the 25 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 0.5 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 228 first-time takers90.4%
  • 2024 171 first-time takers94.2%
  • 2025 188 first-time takers89.9%

Illinois BSN average, latest year: 84.1%

Source: Illinois board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Nursing programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Nursing programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)331$19,201$76,657CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)16–$104,858CCNEYes

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

57% of first-time, full-time students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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