Mechanical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study mechanical 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 approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from SIUC.

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

SIUC Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME

SIUC Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at SIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
	212

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in ME from SIUC. This makes it the #136 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SIUC ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $63,097. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from SIUC in 2021, 92% were men and 8% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from SIUC in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
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.