Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (9% of graduates). 20 students for every faculty member, more than at 90% of colleges. 68% of faculty are full-time. Spends $6,248 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,453 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 32% of graduates; 71 programs in 25 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02018.9% 130Graduates in this field earn $59,834 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01017.0% 101Graduates in this field earn $44,580 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01015.6% 82Graduates in this field earn $45,207 4 years out
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.38015.5% 80Graduates in this field earn $85,155 4 years out
- Visual and Performing Arts, General 50.01015.1% 74Graduates in this field earn $33,293 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Psychology, 2.8% → 7.0% of graduates since 2014–15 (101 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$106,797 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $62,891
4 years after completion$106,797National median: $85,063Above typicalMedian federal debt: $24,290 · 64 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$93,795 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,964
4 years after completion$93,795National median: $92,374About typical4 years out, Pell: $75,017 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $22,500 · 82 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$85,155 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $68,302
4 years after completion$85,155National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $63,522 · Non-Pell: $62,823(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,296 · 150 graduates, two most recent years combined
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$80,820 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $56,951
4 years after completion$80,820National median: $80,890About typical4 years out, Pell: $55,495 · Non-Pell: $62,084(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $24,395 · 56 graduates, two most recent years combined
Finance and Financial Management Services$78,407 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $46,736
4 years after completion$78,407National median: $83,343Below typicalMedian federal debt: $21,497 · 44 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 17 to 1 in its Common Data Set (6,283 students, 374 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
57%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 1% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 184 | 20% |
| 10–19 | 345 | 37% |
| 20–29 | 301 | 32% |
| 30–39 | 74 | 8% |
| 40–49 | 17 | 2% |
| 50–99 | 13 | 1% |
| 100+ | 1 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, humanities, math, a natural science, and social science.
$76,957
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Southeast Missouri State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Southeast Missouri State University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
