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Soil Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Soil Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study soil sciences, take a look at what Southern Illinois University Carbondale has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Soil Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Soil Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Soil Sciences

SIUC Soil Sciences Rankings

The soil sciences major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Soil Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Soil Sciences Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the soil sciences majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Program

31% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 69% of soil sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical soil sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in soil sciences at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in soil sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Soil Sciences

The following soil sciences concentations are available at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Soil Science & Agronomy, General 13

Careers That Soil Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in soil sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Microbiologists 860 $62,830
Agricultural Sciences Professors 380 $88,640
Soil and Plant Scientists 350 $58,950

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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