Name: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Location: Edwardsville, IL
Honestly, I don’t know where that is. Essentially, the far northeast suburbs of St. Louis.
Established: 1957
Enrollment: 14,152, with 11,781 undergrads
Isn’t there a regular SIU? Yes, in Carbondale, which is about a two hour drive southeast from Edwardsville. So, yes, SIU is actually much further S than SIUE. The Carbondale school was founded in 1869, while the Edwardsville school was opened nearly 90 years later as an extension of the Carbondale campus.
Demographics: Amazingly, even though SIUE is so close to Missouri, only 11% of their students are from somewhere other than Illinois.