Southwestern Illinois College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Belleville, IL
- 5,675 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Southwestern Illinois College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($65,290), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($25,513). The median program pays $44,675. Southwestern Illinois College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.
All 6 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.
All 3 certificate programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.
2 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$65,290
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,296
- Information Technology$46,355
- Paralegal Studies$42,994
- Biological and Physical Sciences$29,678
Lowest median debt
- Biological and Physical Sciences$6,196
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$7,248
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$9,719
- Paralegal Studies$14,348
- Nursing$14,615
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 423 graduates a year
- Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 116 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 75 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 48 graduates a year
- Information TechnologyAbout 19 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $65,290 in their first year, the most of 6 Southwestern Illinois College associate's programs that report pay.
Biological and Physical Sciences graduates leave with a median of $6,196 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Southwestern Illinois College associate's programs that report debt.
In-district tuition and fees are $3,960 a year, and $6,720 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,427 a year.
6 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Southwestern Illinois College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels