Teacher Education Subject Specific at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you are interested in studying teacher education subject specific, you may want to check out the program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 168 of them were teacher education subject specific majors.

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

SIUC Teacher Education Subject Specific Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed
• Master’s Degree in Subject Specific Ed
• Doctorate Degree in Subject Specific Ed

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SIUC Teacher Education Subject Specific Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks subject specific ed programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The subject specific ed major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Teacher Education Subject Specific. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	103
Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	406

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in subject specific ed from SIUC. This makes it the #262 most popular school for subject specific ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in subject specific ed, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Subject Specific Ed Graduates from SIUC Make?

The median salary of subject specific ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $48,694. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 32% higher than the national average of $36,899 for all subject specific ed bachelor's degree recipients.

Subject Specific Ed Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of subject specific ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical subject specific ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in subject specific ed at SIUC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its subject specific ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	91
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SIUC Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Program

Of the 15 subject specific ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SIUC, about 47% were men and 53% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in subject specific ed each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a subject specific ed master's degree from SIUC, 80% 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 subject specific ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in subject specific ed. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Student Counseling
• Teaching English or French
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Administration
• Special Education

Careers That Subject Specific Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in subject specific ed 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
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	16,430	$46,670
Coaches and Scouts	10,670	$38,760

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.