SIUC earned 32 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 1 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 11 in the top 10% and 15 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 65 in Highest Paid Graduates for Nutrition Science, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 32 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 1 / 5
Highest placement: #1 of 65, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 10
Placements this edition: 367
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Earned?
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale holds 32 ranking badges across 10 fields of study, 6 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. Placements shown are from the 2027 edition. This page indicates the top award category achieved for this year. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
1
Top 5%
5
Top 10%
11
Top 15%
15
Total
32
What Is Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Known For?
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is best known for Engineering Technologies: 6 of its 32 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Nutrition Science, Fire Protection and Allied Health Services.
How Does Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Rank in Athletics?
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale earned no athletics badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s sports rankings is #135 of 846 in Softball (top 16%).
How Does Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Rank for Online Students?
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale earned no online-program badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s online-program rankings is #31 of 152 in Most Popular Online for Allied Health Professions (top 21%).
How Does Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Rank for Veterans?
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,541 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 32%).
The rankings above are grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale appears in 367 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team