Southern Illinois University Carbondale Computer Science Programs

Located in Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Southern Illinois University Carbondale?

Contact details for SIUC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4512
Phone:	618-453-2121
Website:	siu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/SouthernIllinoisUniversityCarbondale
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/siuc

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How Do I Get Into SIUC?

You can apply to SIUC online at: https://admissions.siu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for SIUC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SIUC?

Since SIUC has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 38% of students accepted to SIUC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 580. Math scores were between 440 and 560.

SIUC received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

Can I Afford Southern Illinois University Carbondale?

The overall average net price of SIUC is $21,311. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SIUC, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $6,969 a year. That adds up to $27,876 over four years for those students.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,147 undergraduate students at SIUC, with 6,754 being full-time and 1,393 being part-time.

There are also 3,119 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,754 full-time undergraduates at SIUC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Illinois University Carbondale students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	111
Black or African American	1,072
Hispanic or Latino	639
White	4,515
International Students	166
Other Races/Ethnicities	251

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 94 countries are represented at SIUC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

There are 51 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at SIUC. In 2022-2023, 4,692 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SIUC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	26	13	4	43
Information Technology	36	0	0	36
General Information Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	62	13	4	79

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
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.