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Soil Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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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. In 2021, 13 soil sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUC.

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

8% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 soil sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from SIUC. Of these graduates, 92% were men and 8% were women.

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About 92% 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 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in soil sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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