General Business Administration and Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a business administration school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's business administration program.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from SIUC.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business Administration and Management section at the bottom of this page.

SIUC General Business Administration and Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUC offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SIUC General Business Administration and Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business Administration and Management. 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
	95
	126
	134
	330
	350
	415
	668
	670
	740
	825
	984
	1,228
	1,362
	2,139

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in business administration from SIUC. This makes it the #670 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #119 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in business administration from SIUC in 2021, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business administration at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC General Business Administration and Management Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a master’s in business administration from SIUC in 2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from SIUC, 65% 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business 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
General and Operations Managers	122,790	$125,990
Management Analysts	39,780	$95,110
Sales Managers	24,800	$131,400
Administrative Services Managers	16,950	$97,840
Construction Managers	12,730	$95,020

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.