Selectivity
66%
Total Students
49,094
UG 34,687
PG 14,407
Satisfaction Index
93%
Salary After Attending
$56,600
BASIC
| Web Site | www.illinois.edu/ |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Champaign |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 34,687 |
| Women | 15,162 (43.71%) |
| Men | 19,525 (56.29%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 14,407 |
| Women | 6,999 (48.58%) |
| Men | 7,408 (51.42%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 66% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 49,017 |
| Graduation Rate | 85% |
| Retention Rate | 93 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | illinois.edu/admissions |
| Online Application URL | admissions.illinois.edu/apply |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 66 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | No |
| Early Action Application Deadline | - |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 62% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 65% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 60% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 40% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 37% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 41% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 570 | 680 |
| SAT - Maths | 700 | 700 |
| ACT - Composite | 26 | 31 |
| ACT - Writing | 8 | 9 |
| ACT - English | 25 | 33 |
| ACT - Maths | 26 | 32 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://www.osfa.illinois.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://www.osfa.illinois.edu/resources/calculators |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$34,011 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$11,306 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,200 |
Other Expenses |
$2,500 |
| Total | $49,017 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$31,529 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$11,306 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,200 |
Other Expenses |
$2,500 |
| Total | $46,535 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | Yes |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 33 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 0.7% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 6,555 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 2,16,315 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism. | 8 | - | - |
| Agricultural Economics. | 210 | 7 | 5 |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture. | - | 4 | - |
| Agronomy and Crop Science. | 53 | 33 | 12 |
| Animal Sciences, General. | 157 | 15 | 13 |
| Food Science. | 113 | 40 | 19 |
| Horticultural Science. | 13 | - | - |
| Category total | 554 | 99 | 49 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 91 | 90 | 2 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | 27 | 28 | 2 |
| Landscape Architecture. | 18 | 14 | - |
| Category total | 136 | 132 | 4 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| African Studies. | - | 2 | - |
| African-American/Black Studies. | 2 | - | - |
| Area Studies, Other. | 51 | 1 | - |
| Asian Studies/Civilization. | - | 1 | - |
| East Asian Studies. | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other. | 4 | - | - |
| European Studies/Civilization. | - | 2 | - |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Russian Studies. | 2 | 4 | - |
| Category total | 67 | 16 | 2 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry. | 23 | 4 | 20 |
| Bioinformatics. | - | 8 | - |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | 155 | - | - |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Biophysics. | - | 2 | 6 |
| Biotechnology. | - | 9 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology, Other. | - | 3 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology. | - | 5 | 5 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. | 420 | - | - |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology. | - | 1 | 5 |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. | - | - | 3 |
| Entomology. | - | 9 | 4 |
| Microbiology, General. | - | 12 | 4 |
| Neuroscience. | - | - | 3 |
| Physiology, General. | - | 5 | 2 |
| Category total | 603 | 59 | 55 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 425 | 443 | 6 |
| Actuarial Science. | 124 | - | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 2 | 207 | 7 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other. | 42 | - | - |
| Finance, General. | 223 | 91 | 2 |
| Labor and Industrial Relations. | - | 106 | 3 |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. | 53 | - | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | 39 | - | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 90 | - | - |
| Operations Management and Supervision. | 11 | - | - |
| Taxation. | - | 23 | - |
| Category total | 1009 | 870 | 18 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Advertising. | 216 | 12 | - |
| Broadcast Journalism. | 44 | - | - |
| Communication, General. | 281 | 10 | 16 |
| Health Communication. | - | 15 | - |
| Journalism. | 33 | 6 | - |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies. | 25 | - | - |
| Category total | 599 | 43 | 16 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer and Information Sciences, Other. | 3 | - | - |
| Computer Science. | 330 | 176 | 40 |
| Category total | 333 | 176 | 40 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Agricultural Teacher Education. | 16 | 7 | - |
| Art Teacher Education. | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Biology Teacher Education. | - | 3 | - |
| Chemistry Teacher Education. | - | 1 | - |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | - | 23 | 19 |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching. | 8 | 1 | - |
| Education, General. | - | 40 | 7 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | 32 | 7 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching. | 103 | 6 | - |
| Latin Teacher Education. | - | 1 | - |
| Mathematics Teacher Education. | - | 1 | - |
| Music Teacher Education. | 29 | 11 | 1 |
| Secondary Education and Teaching. | - | 5 | 1 |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education. | - | 44 | 22 |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education. | 6 | - | - |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | 29 | 17 | 4 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. | - | 14 | - |
| Technical Teacher Education. | - | 27 | - |
| Category total | 199 | 237 | 65 |
| Engineering Technology, General. | |||
| Engineering/Industrial Management. | - | 119 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 95 | 36 | 8 |
| Agricultural Engineering. | 135 | 19 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | 44 | 16 | 7 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 122 | 5 | 14 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 196 | 235 | 27 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 215 | - | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 250 | 86 | 42 |
| Engineering Mechanics. | 24 | 11 | 8 |
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics. | 69 | - | - |
| Engineering, General. | 61 | 7 | - |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | - | 38 | 4 |
| Industrial Engineering. | 81 | 10 | 4 |
| Materials Engineering. | 102 | 20 | 26 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 228 | 99 | 22 |
| Nuclear Engineering. | 37 | 11 | 5 |
| Operations Research. | - | 61 | - |
| Systems Engineering. | - | 3 | 3 |
| Category total | 1659 | 657 | 171 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| Creative Writing. | - | 2 | - |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 105 | 7 | 17 |
| Rhetoric and Composition. | 27 | - | - |
| Category total | 132 | 9 | 17 |
| Work and Family Studies. | |||
| Human Development and Family Studies, General. | 51 | - | - |
| Category total | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Comparative Literature. | - | 1 | 4 |
| French Language and Literature. | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| German Language and Literature. | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Italian Language and Literature. | - | 1 | - |
| Language Interpretation and Translation. | - | 9 | - |
| Linguistics. | 20 | 5 | 4 |
| Portuguese Language and Literature. | 2 | - | - |
| Russian Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 1 | - | 3 |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| Category total | 64 | 31 | 25 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. | 85 | 27 | - |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine. | 219 | 2 | 5 |
| Public Health, General. | - | 16 | - |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General. | - | 13 | 1 |
| Category total | 304 | 58 | 6 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 60 | 3 | 15 |
| Category total | 60 | 3 | 15 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Community Organization and Advocacy. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Social Work. | 53 | 138 | 2 |
| Category total | 53 | 139 | 3 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | |||
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. | - | 60 | 2 |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | - | 1 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 61 | 2 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | 6 | - | - |
| Category total | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| LIBRARY SCIENCE. | |||
| Library and Information Science. | - | 226 | 6 |
| Category total | 0 | 226 | 6 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | - | 24 | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 132 | 23 | 18 |
| Statistics, General. | 77 | 75 | 2 |
| Statistics, Other. | 17 | - | - |
| Category total | 226 | 122 | 20 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Mathematics and Computer Science. | 32 | - | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | - | 3 | 7 |
| Systems Science and Theory. | 60 | - | - |
| Category total | 92 | 3 | 7 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 53 | 29 | 8 |
| Category total | 53 | 29 | 8 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science. | 153 | 10 | 6 |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies. | 96 | 39 | 6 |
| Category total | 249 | 49 | 12 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Religion/Religious Studies. | 1 | 8 | - |
| Category total | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Astronomy. | 7 | - | 3 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General. | 21 | 10 | 5 |
| Chemical Physics. | - | - | 1 |
| Chemistry, General. | 136 | 16 | 52 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 32 | 10 | - |
| Physics, General. | 74 | 7 | 29 |
| Category total | 270 | 43 | 90 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Educational Psychology. | - | 9 | 9 |
| Psychology, General. | 399 | 25 | 13 |
| Category total | 399 | 34 | 22 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 18 | 7 | 3 |
| Economics, General. | 310 | 80 | 13 |
| Geography. | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 204 | 7 | 5 |
| Sociology. | 57 | 2 | 7 |
| Category total | 598 | 99 | 30 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry. | 7 | - | - |
| Dance, General. | 13 | 6 | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 21 | 13 | 4 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General. | - | 5 | - |
| Graphic Design. | 23 | - | - |
| Industrial and Product Design. | 39 | - | - |
| Intermedia/Multimedia. | 9 | - | - |
| Jazz/Jazz Studies. | 4 | - | - |
| Music Performance, General. | 13 | - | - |
| Music Theory and Composition. | 1 | - | - |
| Music, General. | 5 | 44 | 35 |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology. | 2 | - | - |
| Painting. | 7 | - | - |
| Photography. | 9 | - | - |
| Sculpture. | 1 | - | - |
| Voice and Opera. | 7 | - | - |
| Category total | 169 | 70 | 40 |
| Grand total | 7900 | 3393 | 726 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 19 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 13% of classes 10-19 students: 28% of classes 20-29 students: 22% of classes 30-39 students: 11% of classes 40-49 students: 6% of classes 50-99 students: 11% of classes Over 100 students: 9% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing, cooperative housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 34,687 |
| Women (% of total) | 15,162 (43.71%) |
| Men (% of total) | 19,525 (56.29%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.07 % Asian - 17.21 % Black/African-American - 5.45 % Hispanic/Latino - 9.36 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.88 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.07 % White - 47.41 % Unknown - 0.72 % International Students - 16.84 % |
| All Graduate Students | 14,407 |
| Women (% of total) | 6,999 (49%) |
| Men (% of total) | 7,408 (51%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.18 % Asian - 6.54 % Black/African-American - 3.9 % Hispanic/Latino - 4.59 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 1.65 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.06 % White - 44.17 % Unknown - 2.19 % International Students - 36.72 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 93 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
85 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | Not reported |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | 35% |
| Disciplines Pursued | Business 2.1% Engineering 1.1% Law 3% Theology 0.01% Dentistry 0.7% Arts and Sciences 4.2% Medicine 2.8% Veterinary Medicine 0.5% Education 0.4% Other 11.6% |
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