Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study higher education/higher education administration, take a look at what Southern Illinois University Carbondale has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

SIUC Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Rankings

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Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the higher education/higher education administration majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

The higher education/higher education administration program at SIUC awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 30% men graduate in higher education/higher education administration each year. SIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the higher education/higher education administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a master's in higher education/higher education administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Educational Leadership & Administration

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Postsecondary Education Administrators	8,330	$99,690
Education Administrators	1,720	$80,440

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mark Jaroski under License

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