Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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 has a total student population of 11,366.

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

SIUC Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

SIUC Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #144 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	57
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 41% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	61
Electrical Engineering	59
Civil Engineering	47
Computer Engineering	13
General Engineering	7
Biomedical Engineering	3
Mining Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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.