-23%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Southwestern Illinois College fell 23% between 2006 and 2009 (26.7% → 20.5%).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly certificates
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, Illinois. 5,280 undergraduate students. 77 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Southwestern Illinois College
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 Southwestern Illinois College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.4% → 0.0%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Southwestern Illinois College rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($5.9k → $6.7k).
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.
$36,884+19% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$30,872
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry36.9%-34% · '97→'09
Illinois median 53.3%$4,000+192% · '97→'20
At program completion5,280-54% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.0%+20% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,870+201% · '00→'24
out-of-state $6,210SECTION 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
1.4%Median federal debt $4,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $36,884 (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.
-34%
Southwestern Illinois College · completion · 150% fell
31.3% → 20.5%
+20%
Southwestern Illinois College · retention rose
57.0% → 68.1%
-54%
Southwestern Illinois College · undergrad enrollment fell
12,348 → 5,675
+201%
Southwestern Illinois College · in-state tuition rose
$1,316 → $3,960
+192%
Southwestern Illinois College · median debt rose
$2,367 → $6,908
-100%
Southwestern Illinois College · cohort default rate fell
24.6% → 0.0%
+21%
Southwestern Illinois College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,500 → $36,884
+21%
Southwestern Illinois College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,900 → $33,670
+23%
Southwestern Illinois College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,200 → $30,872
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.
Fire Protection.$71,691Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,117Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,268Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$56,584Criminal Justice and Corrections.$52,374Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$50,633Health and Medical Administrative Services.$49,375Biological and Physical Sciences.$46,430Legal Support Services.$44,861Precision Metal Working.$44,590Precision Metal Working.$43,936Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$43,779Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$43,755Criminal Justice and Corrections.$41,817Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$39,906Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$38,668Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$36,693Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,246Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$35,031Culinary Arts and Related Services.$30,675
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
20 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$36,693Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$70,117Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$36,246Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$58,268Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$35,031Health and Medical Administrative Services.$49,375
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Southwestern Illinois College
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
$57,769
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 23
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,275
- HS-only baseline · IL
- $38,300
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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
“Southwestern Illinois College graduates earn $X” — not “Southwestern Illinois College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Southwestern Illinois College 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.