Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Student Population

How many students at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,790 students have enrolled in Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with 8,553 undergraduate and 3,237 graduate students.

By gender, 5,541 male and 6,249 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,272 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,360 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has a total of 11,790 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,553 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,237 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,541 male and 6,249 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,255 White, 1,856 Black, and 277 Asian students out of a total of 11,790 are attending at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 58.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 43 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 7,948 students under 25 years old, and 3,842 students over 25 years old out of 11,790 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 42 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 6,998 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,555 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. It has 950 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,287 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 2,272 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,360 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,746 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 526 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,553 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,209 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 14.14%.1,015 students have transferred in as full-time status and 194 students transferred in as part-time status.