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Information Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Information Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a it school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's it program.

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

SIUC does offer online education options in it for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Information Technology Rankings

The it major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

IT Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

11% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 89% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it 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 it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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 and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Computer Network Architects 5,310 $114,780

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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