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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

SIUC Engineering Rankings

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 Master’s Program

20% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 engineering majors earned their master's degree from SIUC. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 8
International Students 35
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering 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
Electrical Engineering 27
Civil Engineering 13
Mechanical Engineering 12
General Engineering 7
Biomedical Engineering 3

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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