University of
Southern Indiana
Public College in Evansville, IN. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $47,605.
Students who entered University of Southern Indiana land at a median of $47,605 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 48% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,105, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 96%, University of Southern Indiana takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 4,602, typical for a school of this reach. About 30% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 39% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 520–620 | 520 (39%) |
| SAT Math | 510–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–27 | 111 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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48% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 29% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,344 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,722 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,484 while those at $110k+ pay $18,777. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,766 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 36% of students.
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 · 1,264 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 | $7,484 |
| $30–48k | $7,818 |
| $48–75k | $12,748 |
| $75–110k | $17,720 |
| $110k+ | $18,777 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,916 of these 5,344 students, totalling $11,642,675 — an average of $6,077 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Vanderburgh 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)