Student Population by Gender

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has a total of 11,107 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,000 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,107 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 5,440 male and 5,667 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total11,1078,0003,107
Men5,4403,9781,462
Women5,6674,0221,645
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,084 White, 1,665 Black, and 280 Asian students out of a total of 11,107 are attending at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American261412
Asian280155125
Black1,665730935
Hispanic897443454
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1248
White7,0843,4613,623
Two or more races335155180
Race Unknown770
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American19136
Asian1519259
Black1,330602728
Hispanic744370374
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders725
White5,2802,6502,630
Two or more races282130152
Race Unknown330
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American330
Asian22148
Black1064759
Hispanic1045648
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders413
White783385398
Two or more races321418
Race Unknown220

Student Age Distribution

By age, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 35 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 7,351 students under 25 years old, and 3,756 students over 25 years old out of 11,107 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 35 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 6,462 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,538 students aged 25 and over.
It has 889 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,218 students aged 25 and over.
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Student Population by Age chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1835269
18-192,5181,3841,134
20-212,5791,3461,233
22-242,2191,1111,108
25-291,472698774
30-34820406414
35-39544251293
40-49593295298
50-64298137161
Over 65291316
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1835269
18-192,5181,3841,134
20-212,5271,3071,220
22-241,382595787
25-29565247318
30-34329157172
35-39227109118
40-49275134141
50-641285771
Over 651468
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1,883 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,809 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,372 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 511 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students11,1071,8832,809
Undergraduate8,0001,2622,511
Graduate3,107621298
Online Student Population by Locality
Illinois ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,37249714
Undergraduate96928310
Graduate4032144

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,000 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,072 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.40%.861 students have transferred in as full-time status and 211 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time5,854
Transfer-in Full-time861
Regular Part-time1,074
Transfer-in Part-time211
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