Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $44,030 ten years after enrolling, more than at 21% of colleges; 52% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.8 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$21.5K
According to Southeast Missouri State University's most recent Common Data Set, 56% of its Class of 2025 graduates (924 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $31,681 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
54 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 24 more are enrolled at another college. (2,906 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
39 of 100 finish within 4 years, 52 within 6, and 54 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 39% | 52% | 54% |
| Started in college here | 36% | 52% | 54% |
| Transferred in | 46% | 52% | 53% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients537 students
47% · 41 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant537 students
47% · 41 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan388 students
88% · comparison group
These groups' rates are more than 40 points apart, which usually means the college sorted students into the groups inconsistently in its federal report. Shown as reported; treat the difference with caution.
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White1,175 students
60% · 2 points above all students
- Asian14 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino47 students
40% · 18 points below all students
- Black127 students
39% · 19 points below all students
- Two or more races52 students
48% · 10 points below all students
- International42 students
74% · 16 points above all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Southeast Missouri State University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Southeast Missouri State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)