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Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying psychology, 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 Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Psychology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
Master’s Degree in Psychology

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUC offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Psychology Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SIUC Psychology Master’s Program

92% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SIUC, 75% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
General Psychology	125

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

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

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