Botany at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Every botany school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the botany program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUC Botany Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Botany
• Master’s Degree in Botany

SIUC Botany Rankings

The botany major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Botany. 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in botany, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Botany Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Botany Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of botany bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical botany bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in botany 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 botany.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Botany Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of botany master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a botany master's degree from SIUC, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Botany Grads May Go Into

A degree in botany 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
Biological Science Professors	2,530	$78,400
Natural Sciences Managers	1,950	$118,480
Biological Scientists	590	$84,180

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.