Electrical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study electrical engineering, 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 has a total student population of 11,366.

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

SIUC Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

SIUC Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #74 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ee 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 ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of ee master's degrees went to men and 50% 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 ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

The following ee concentations are available at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 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
Electrical Engineering	59

Related Majors

• Mining Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ee 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Electrical Engineers	4,860	$94,700
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Electronics Engineers	2,800	$98,010
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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.