How much does Southern Illinois University-Carbondale cost?

Tuition and fees are $13,334 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,297 a year.

How many Southern Illinois University-Carbondale programs report graduate pay?

49 bachelor's programs and 2 associate's programs at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale report first-year pay, and 49 of them also report federal debt.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Southern Illinois University-Carbondale bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Agricultural Business graduates leave with a median of $15,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 47 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale bachelor's programs that report debt.

Public university
Carbondale, IL
8,494 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

49 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Fire Science pays the most in the first year ($104,017), and Film and Photography the least ($21,322). The median program pays $39,700. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$13,334Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$13,297Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate87%Of applicants

All 49 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	Fire ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$104,017	Not reported	$17,725	1st of 2
2	Industrial TechnologyAbout 57 graduates a year	$73,283	$71,582	$22,000	1st of 3
3	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$72,495	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
4	Computer ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$70,053	$106,322	$27,000	13th of 23
5	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 33 graduates a year	$69,454	$88,465	$24,250	5th of 8
6	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 59 graduates a year	$69,021	$70,006	$24,470	2nd of 3
7	Electrical EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$68,670	$92,494	$19,750	7th of 7
8	Civil EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$65,269	$78,165	$19,781	6th of 6
9	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 89 graduates a year	$62,503	$74,324	$19,187	1st of 1
10	Business AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$55,633	$66,066	$27,500	4th of 38
11	Soil ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$55,076	$63,144	Not reported	1st of 1
12	AccountingAbout 72 graduates a year	$54,694	$70,417	$23,251	15th of 28
13	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 102 graduates a year	$54,215	$63,679	$21,182	2nd of 21
14	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 31 graduates a year	$53,559	$57,061	$27,000	1st of 1
15	FinanceAbout 30 graduates a year	$48,708	$63,649	$20,447	20th of 21
16	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$46,254	Not reported	$29,553	9th of 12
17	Special EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$44,429	$46,500	$22,875	8th of 10
18	AviationAbout 171 graduates a year	$44,063	$66,893	$20,500	1st of 2
19	ArchitectureAbout 18 graduates a year	$43,248	$56,459	$25,000	2nd of 4
20	Management ScienceAbout 33 graduates a year	$42,711	$62,561	$27,000	12th of 13
21	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 52 graduates a year	$42,186	$51,063	$25,000	9th of 10
22	JournalismAbout 14 graduates a year	$40,575	$46,940	$25,500	2nd of 8
23	MarketingAbout 23 graduates a year	$40,244	$63,690	$25,000	17th of 22
24	Agricultural BusinessAbout 18 graduates a year	$40,194	$61,223	$15,000	2nd of 2
25	AgricultureAbout 9 graduates a year	$39,700	$63,031	$18,000	3rd of 3
26	Teacher EducationAbout 61 graduates a year	$39,496	$46,084	$21,944	34th of 38
27	EconomicsAbout 24 graduates a year	$37,798	$54,554	$25,049	12th of 15
28	CriminologyAbout 61 graduates a year	$37,645	$55,612	$24,000	2nd of 4
29	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 45 graduates a year	$37,545	$48,439	$28,544	9th of 11
30	Paralegal StudiesAbout 8 graduates a year	$36,159	$48,083	$28,000	1st of 1
31	ForestryAbout 32 graduates a year	$35,398	$54,092	$21,512	1st of 1
32	Social WorkAbout 37 graduates a year	$34,664	$46,380	$27,000	12th of 13
33	Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAbout 23 graduates a year	$33,688	$57,664	$31,000	1st of 1
34	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$33,285	$36,135	$26,500	2nd of 15
35	CommunicationsAbout 21 graduates a year	$32,465	Not reported	$26,543	19th of 26
36	Parks and RecreationAbout 9 graduates a year	$32,357	$46,108	$20,525	2nd of 2
37	PsychologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$32,287	$46,393	$24,000	17th of 35
38	Animal ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$30,706	$44,349	$21,936	1st of 2
39	HistoryAbout 13 graduates a year	$30,101	$43,377	$25,937	10th of 13
40	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 39 graduates a year	$29,258	$42,513	$22,750	11th of 19
41	BiologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$28,206	$58,410	$27,000	25th of 27
42	TheatreAbout 9 graduates a year	$27,004	$35,096	$23,500	2nd of 14
43	Political ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$26,635	$50,172	$26,171	18th of 20
44	Linguistics and Language StudiesAbout 28 graduates a year	$25,921	Not reported	$24,500	2nd of 3
45	Apparel and TextilesAbout 3 graduates a year	$25,247	$28,119	$31,000	2nd of 2
46	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 26 graduates a year	$25,057	$38,390	$25,025	6th of 8
47	EnglishAbout 23 graduates a year	$24,145	$36,811	$26,500	18th of 18
48	ZoologyAbout 38 graduates a year	$23,366	$38,317	$21,717	1st of 1
49	Film and PhotographyAbout 20 graduates a year	$21,322	$34,839	$19,500	3rd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

7 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$40,034	Not reported	$17,000	8th of 14
AviationAbout 41 graduates a year	$39,956	$82,555	$21,000	1st of 1

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Fire Science$104,017
Industrial Technology$73,283
Electrical Engineering Technology$72,495
Computer Science$70,053
Mechanical Engineering$69,454

Lowest median debt

Agricultural Business$15,000
Fire Science$17,725
Agriculture$18,000
Mechanical Engineering Technology$19,187
Film and Photography$19,500

Largest programs

AviationAbout 171 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 102 graduates a year
Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 89 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 72 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 65 graduates a year

Common questions

Fire Science graduates earn a median of $104,017 in their first year, the most of 49 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels