Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School is a post-graduate academic unit of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) located in Edwardsville, Illinois, USA. It offers 48 master’s degree programs, 2 specialist degrees, 17 post-baccalaureate and post-masters certificates, doctoral programs in Education Administration and Nursing Practice, and three cooperative Doctor of Philosophy programs with SIU Carbondale. In the Fall of 2011, the Graduate School had more than 2,800 students enrolled. U.S. News & World Report 2012 edition of America’s Best Colleges lists SIUE among the top 15 regional public universities in the Midwest-Master’s category, the eighth consecutive year it was so ranked.