Student Population at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
11,107	8,000	3,107

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 11,107 students have enrolled in Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with 8,000 undergraduate and 3,107 graduate students.

By gender, 5,440 male and 5,667 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,883 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,809 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has a total of 11,107 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,000 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,107 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,440 male and 5,667 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,107	8,000	3,107
Men	5,440	3,978	1,462
Women	5,667	4,022	1,645

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,084 White, 1,665 Black, and 280 Asian students out of a total of 11,107 are attending at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	26	14	12
Asian	280	155	125
Black	1,665	730	935
Hispanic	897	443	454
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	4	8
White	7,084	3,461	3,623
Two or more races	335	155	180
Race Unknown	7	7	0

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	19	13	6
Asian	151	92	59
Black	1,330	602	728
Hispanic	744	370	374
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	2	5
White	5,280	2,650	2,630
Two or more races	282	130	152
Race Unknown	3	3	0

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	1	6
Asian	129	63	66
Black	335	128	207
Hispanic	153	73	80
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	2	3
White	1,804	811	993
Two or more races	53	25	28
Race Unknown	4	4	0

Student Age Distribution

By age, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 35 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 7,351 students under 25 years old, and 3,756 students over 25 years old out of 11,107 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 35 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale has 6,462 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,538 students aged 25 and over.

It has 889 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,218 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	35	26	9
18-19	2,518	1,384	1,134
20-21	2,579	1,346	1,233
22-24	2,219	1,111	1,108
25-29	1,472	698	774
30-34	820	406	414
35-39	544	251	293
40-49	593	295	298
50-64	298	137	161
Over 65	29	13	16

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	35	26	9
18-19	2,518	1,384	1,134
20-21	2,527	1,307	1,220
22-24	1,382	595	787
25-29	565	247	318
30-34	329	157	172
35-39	227	109	118
40-49	275	134	141
50-64	128	57	71
Over 65	14	6	8

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1,883 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,809 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,372 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 511 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	11,107	1,883	2,809
Undergraduate	8,000	1,262	2,511
Graduate	3,107	621	298

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,372	497	14
Undergraduate	969	283	10
Graduate	403	214	4

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,000 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,072 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.40%.861 students have transferred in as full-time status and 211 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,854
Transfer-in Full-time	861
Regular Part-time	1,074
Transfer-in Part-time	211

Student Population at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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