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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois · Public university

Radiology & sonography programs Medical assistant programs

not reportedcompletion rate · Illinois avg 58%

$21,543median debt of graduates

$43,087median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$53,390median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

not reportedannual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and D | American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the | American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation | American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation | American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy | American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Edu | American Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiolo | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education | Higher Learning Commission | Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (Accredited)
Address: Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901 · Phone: (618) 453-2121 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, not yet lifted — Apr 2026 · Probation · American Board of Funeral Service Education; Nov 2025 · Renewal of Accreditation. 2 sanction actions in the window.

Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Radiologic technologists and technicians	$59,350	$79,930	$97,950
Medical assistants	$36,400	$46,090	$49,460

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate degree	25	not reported	not reported	$17,063
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Associate degree	18	$39,299	$39,369	$12,000

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.