Career Center
of Southern Illinois
Public College in Red Bud, IL. Median 10-year earnings $48,452.
Ten years after entry, the median Career Center of Southern Illinois student earns $48,452 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Graduates leave owing a median of $15,170 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 57%, the acceptance rate makes Career Center of Southern Illinois a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool is small at 23, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 100% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Career Center of Southern Illinois →Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 6:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 112, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 112 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,916 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($25,157 versus $28,452), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $9,273, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 82% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 31 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $25,157 |
| $30–48k | $21,424 |
| $48–75k | $30,157 |
| $75–110k | $28,452 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 92 of these 112 students, totalling $624,972 — an average of $6,793 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monroe County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)