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Computer & Information Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer & information 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 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 Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SIUC does offer online courses in computer & information sciences for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #132 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

8% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 92% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer & information 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 computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

29% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	44
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Information Systems	53
Computer Science	49

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570

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

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