WhatGradsMake
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What Southern Illinois University at Carbondale graduates make

Median salaries by major and degree level, 1–10 years after graduation. Click any program for percentiles, national comparison and the payback calculator.

Bachelor's (108)

Major1 yr5 yrs10 yrs
Accounting and Related Services$45,499$70,658$86,516
Agricultural Business and Management$47,534$65,642$81,043
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields$43,140$56,538$69,420
Agriculture, General$46,620$59,669$68,333
Air Transportation$45,631$73,568$98,292
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$70,135$79,884$89,217
Animal Sciences$31,104$45,185$55,464
Anthropology$27,979$41,559$51,657
Apparel and Textiles$31,744$47,777$59,291
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services$35,872$47,119
Architecture$43,047$60,517$76,846
Architecture and Related Services$43,047$60,517$76,846
Biological and Biomedical Sciences$29,339$52,765$70,385
Biology, General$32,044$59,733$76,978
Botany/Plant Biology$35,528$51,223$48,487
Business Administration, Management and Operations$51,223$66,891$69,154
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services$41,719$62,961$78,791
Business/Managerial Economics$36,956$62,818$80,863
Chemistry$42,192$60,761$81,295
Civil Engineering$62,897$81,604$95,782
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$31,485$57,975$65,026
Communication and Media Studies$37,361
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs$32,952$49,896$64,114
Computer Engineering$66,717$97,955$130,251
Computer Science$59,391$88,210$112,613
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services$53,635$75,570$91,872
Computer and Information Sciences, General$51,608$71,549$85,508
Criminal Justice and Corrections$36,876$59,153$73,141
Criminology$36,419$59,981$78,924
Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services$38,996$53,545$60,442
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$57,576$66,238$61,121
Design and Applied Arts$36,851$57,938$62,224
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$25,070$38,814$51,223
Economics$35,591$63,723$75,253
Education$48,575$61,328$69,111
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$72,148$95,729$116,958
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians$72,115$88,546$98,496
Engineering$67,861$88,802$108,917
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General$63,742$83,179$101,595
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians$70,628$87,366$101,476
English Language and Literature, General$29,373$48,512$59,182
English Language and Literature/Letters$32,307$50,866$63,656
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences$33,289$49,698$60,054
Film/Video and Photographic Arts$27,883$43,004$55,836
Finance and Financial Management Services$43,827$67,240$88,599
Fine and Studio Arts$30,576$46,181$55,047
Fire Protection$121,731$128,910$137,991
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services$36,437$50,858$60,618
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$36,348$52,698$70,298
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other$42,146$60,738$82,300
Forestry$36,019$51,589$62,742
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science$38,996$53,545$60,442
Geography and Cartography$43,820$55,464$61,969
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$40,550$59,022$82,614
Health Professions and Related Programs$53,983$66,308$75,005
Health and Medical Administrative Services$47,517$64,523$80,196
History$30,567$48,695$60,703
History$30,567$48,695$60,703
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services$65,685$79,117$87,814
Hospitality Administration/Management$35,153$49,946$57,208
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$79,270$93,359$107,411
International/Globalization Studies$48,487
Journalism$34,017$52,100$66,118
Legal Professions and Studies$35,823$46,359$60,679
Legal Support Services$35,823$46,359$60,679
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$35,739$50,296$62,119
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$35,739$50,296$62,119
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$30,681$45,751
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$40,356$58,816$72,827
Marketing$40,321$60,376$77,928
Mathematics$42,576$59,934$71,374
Mathematics and Statistics$42,576$59,934$71,374
Mechanical Engineering$70,086$90,056$112,131
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$60,666$77,291$92,721
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$41,174$61,498$84,205
Mining and Mineral Engineering$86,717$98,560$123,489
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies$44,317$64,261$79,787
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$52,546$72,505$84,509
Music$32,666$47,229$58,114
Natural Resources Conservation and Research$35,207$54,485$68,911
Natural Resources and Conservation$35,904$52,268$64,252
Nutrition Sciences$29,866$54,208$62,158
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology$31,996$49,932$64,345
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies$33,556$48,449$63,259
Philosophy$25,070$44,767$70,870
Philosophy and Religious Studies$25,070$44,767$70,870
Physical Sciences$40,416$59,396$82,831
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences$31,227$63,157$90,499
Plant Sciences$43,047$55,625$69,154
Political Science and Government$32,588$53,505$69,808
Psychology$30,967$46,483$59,259
Psychology, General$30,967$46,483$59,259
Public Administration and Social Service Professions$30,110$45,680$54,903
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$31,815$47,680$62,421
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$32,639$45,030$53,814
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$35,826$54,051$71,168
Social Sciences$33,674$53,782$66,818
Social Sciences, General$26,134$53,696$57,471
Social Work$30,110$45,680$54,903
Sociology$29,253$45,751$54,656
Soil Sciences$50,995$65,634
Special Education and Teaching$43,820$54,237$62,022
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$30,966$51,627$67,936
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$32,344$49,076$55,664
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$61,043$75,030$83,050
Transportation and Materials Moving$45,631$73,568$98,292
Visual and Performing Arts$29,839$45,927$56,139
Zoology/Animal Biology$25,770$43,406$54,313

Master's (24)

Associate (6)

Doctoral (Research) (13)

Major1 yr5 yrs10 yrs
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields$62,818
Biological and Biomedical Sciences$55,592$73,014$99,535
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services$133,740$146,060$157,775
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs$74,491
Education$81,965$95,779$106,021
Engineering$99,192$128,254$139,846
English Language and Literature/Letters$66,850$74,382$90,042
Health Professions and Related Programs$78,170$91,987$84,610
Mathematics and Statistics$75,329$82,185
Philosophy and Religious Studies$59,422$76,770$65,986
Physical Sciences$59,649$83,179$114,734
Psychology$63,105$92,916$98,486
Social Sciences$71,441$84,000$105,199

Doctoral (Professional) (4)

Major1 yr5 yrs10 yrs
Health Professions and Related Programs$65,086$183,045$363,717
Law$58,121$83,292$100,241
Legal Professions and Studies$58,121$83,292$100,241
Medicine$65,086$183,045$363,717