Automotive Engineering Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year.

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

SIUC Automotive Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Engineering Tech

SIUC Automotive Engineering Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the automotive engineering tech progam at SIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 automotive engineering tech major at SIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Automotive Engineering Technology. 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 Value Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	6
Best Value Automotive Engineering Technology Schools	7
	7
Best Automotive Engineering Technology Trade Schools	7
Most Focused Automotive Engineering Technology Trade Schools	11

Automotive Engineering Tech Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the automotive engineering tech majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 97% of automotive engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 3% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in automotive engineering tech 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 automotive engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	69
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in automotive engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Automotive Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in automotive engineering tech 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
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	27,250	$46,300

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.