Graduate Programs | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Graduate Program Overview

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is a four-years, public school located in Carbondale, Illinois. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $16,162 for Illinois residents and $33,064 for out-of-state students. It offers 138 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL
Graduate School Students	3,067 students 575 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$16,162 Out-of-State$33,064
Student to Faculty	10:1 (10.00%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 138 Graduate Programs 84 Master's, 44 Doctorate, 10 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Illinois residents, the tuition & fees are $16,162 and $33,064 for non-Illinois residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $470 for Illinois residents and $1,174 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$11,268	$28,170
Fees	$4,894	$4,894
Cost per Credit	$470	$1,174
Books & Supplies	$1,100
Room & Board	$10,622 (On-Campus) / $10,622 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,941 (On-Campus) / $2,941 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$30,825	$47,727
Off-Campus Total	$30,825	$47,727

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$15,209	$15,626	$15,826	$16,026	$16,162
Out-of-State	$31,783	$32,528	$32,728	$32,928	$33,064

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 138 major areas - 84 Master's (9 online programs), 44 Doctorate , 10 Post-Bachelor'. 676 students have been conferred Master's degree and 235 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	676	235	6	-
Men	302	118	-	-
Women	374	117	6	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,300	-	-
Business Administration and Management	26^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$52,600	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Medicine	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physician Assistant	39	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	39	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor	2^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	27^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,600	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sociology	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Political Science and Government			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geography				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Economics	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Criminology	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Anthropology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	48	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$36,400	-	-
Public Administration	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$40,500	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Fire Services Administration	19^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Psychology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Psychology	20		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	2			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Chemistry			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Systems Science and Theory	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pharmacology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Physiology	2			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	12		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Botany/Plant Biology	3		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Molecular Biochemistry	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language and Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Rhetoric and Composition			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Creative Writing	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
English Language and Literature	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Law	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Linguistics	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mining and Mineral Engineering		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Civil Engineering	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Engineering	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	13^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Teacher Education	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	10	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	7			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$35,400	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	18		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Radio and Television		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Journalism (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Journalism				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$35,100	-	-

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Architecture

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architecture	39^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$51,100	-	-

Natural Resources and Conservation

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Forest Sciences and Biology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Forestry	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Environmental Studies	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Agriculture

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Plant Sciences	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Animal Sciences	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Agricultural Economics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Agriculture			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	18		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Civil Engineering (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$35,100	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 11,366 students enrolled in Southern Illinois University-Carbondale including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,067 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,453 male and 1,614 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,879 full-time and 1,188 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 575 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 273 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	3,067
Men Students	1,453
Women Students	1,614

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	3,067
Full-time Students	1,879
Part-time Students	1,188

By race/ethnicity 1,787 White, 354 Black, and 118 Asian students are attending at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	3,067
American Indian / Native American	6
Asian	118
Black	354
Hispanic	158
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	3
White	1,787
Two or more races	54
Un-Known	9

51 students are younger than 22 and 469 students are older than 65. The school has 1,799 students aged between 22 and 30 and 800 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	3,067
21 & Under	51
22-24	902
25-29	897
30-34	486
35-39	314
40 & Over	469

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, 575 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 273 students are enrolled in some online courses.