Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUE Engineering Degrees Available

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

SIUE Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at SIUE 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at SIUE 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 Edwardsville with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	142
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SIUE Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	73
Mechanical Engineering	72
Electrical Engineering	63
Industrial Engineering	53
Computer Engineering	20
Robotics Engineering	18

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 Edwardsville.

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.