Health Professions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Every health professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health professions program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 166 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

SIUC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

SIUC does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

SIUC Health Professions Rankings

There were 72 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #299 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at SIUC awarded 166 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from SIUC, 70% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	117
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Allied Health Professions	78
Medicine	69
Health & Medical Administrative Services	38
Communication Sciences	23
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	19
Public Health	11

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	129,400	$73,890
Nursing Assistants	61,140	$28,810
Personal Care Aides	50,970	$24,600
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Home Health Aides	33,990	$25,370

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.