Health Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you plan to study health education, 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 approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 265 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 6 of them were health education majors.

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

SIUC Health Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education
• Master’s Degree in School Health Education
• Doctorate Degree in School Health Education

SIUC Health Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the school health education progam at SIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The school health education major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	2
	3
Most Focused Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Health Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Health Education Schools	5
	9
Best Value Health Education Schools	11
Best Health Education Master’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Health Education Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Health Education Schools	28
Most Focused Health Education Schools	45
Most Focused Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in school health education from SIUC. This makes it the #27 most popular school for school health education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in school health education, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

School Health Education Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Health Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 school health education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SIUC, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its school health education bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in school health education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Health Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of school health education master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a school health education master's degree from SIUC, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in school health education. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Modern Language Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Biology Education
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Mathematics Education

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education 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
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.