Student Population at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

The following chart compares Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 29,515 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (15,151 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 5,541 male and 6,249 female students attending Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.89 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

By age, there are 7,948 students whose age under twenty five and 2,306 students whose age is over thirty years old at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Especially, 43 students are younger than eighteen and 23 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 5,632 students (47.77% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,272 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,746 students live in Illinois where Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is located in and 511 students have enrolled from other states.