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By Gender Male C Female C+   By Major Biology C- Business - Management and Administration C+ Communications B Computer Engineering B Computer Science B+ Criminal B- Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc C Economics D- Education C- Electrical Engineering C- English C Finance B- Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc C- History/Histories (art history/etc.) D+ Interior Design F Journalism B Language - French/Spanish/etc. C- Linguistics F Mechanical Engineering B- Other C+ Philosophy F PreDent and Dentistry B PreLaw and Legal D+ PreMed and Medical C Psychology C School of Information B- Social Work F Sociology C- Undecided F Video/Media C-

Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. Southern Illinois University Carbondale  C Average of All Schools  B- Average of schools in class  B+ Harvard University  B+ University of California Berkeley  B+ University of Illinois Chicago  A Stanford University  B Loyola University Chicago  A- University of Southern California  B+ University of Wisconsin Madison  A- F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... The city of Carbondale looks unappealing(unless you live at Thompson Point) ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The surrounding city is filled with old, run down houses ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... To be honest with you, "Southern Illinois University" should be called "Chicago Native University" because eighty percent of the students are fro...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The city right off campus is good, but the surrounding area is pretty po-dunk ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... It is a strange city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... You can get everywhere in the city in 5 minutes ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Also, the surrounding city doesn't offer many amenities, income opportunities, or choice housing ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Coming from an all-black area of inner city Chicago, I was so happy SIU gave me the chance to attend their school and be around all kinds of peop...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Carbondale and the surrounding hamlets (Giant City and Makanda) are absolutely gorgeous ...” [Read full comment]

 

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