University of Chicago
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Chicago, IL
Population
7,500,000
Website
http://www.uchicago.edu/
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
7,540
Men / Women
54% / 46%
White
28%
International
18%
Hispanic
16%
Asian
14%
Black
5%
Mixed
4%
Native American
0%
From State
9%
From Region
3%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics
28%
Life & Natural Sciences
14%
Physical Sciences & Math
14%
Computer Science
11%
Arts
2%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$71,325
Est. Cost of Attendance
$90,360
10-Year ROI
$320,000
ROI Percentile
99th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
99%
4-Year Graduation Rate
87%
6-Year Graduation Rate
96%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours
2,508 (33%)
Days Without Precipitation
241 (38%)
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
5%
Yield (Unbound)
73%
Early Decision 0
Oct 15
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Early Action
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 3
Early Decision 2
Jan 3
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $53M | #26 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $525M | #41 |
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $90M | #70 |
Graduate Degrees
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 400 | #41 |
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 73 | #76 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 266 | #100 |
Honors College
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
76%
SAT Range
1520
–
1560
SAT Math Range
770
–
800
SAT RW Range
740
–
780
ACT Range
34
–
35
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The College | 1,926 | 53% / 47% | 16% | $119,475 | 94% | ||
| Computer Science | 178 +32 | 76% / 24% | 17% | $227,147 | 100 | 92% | |
| Data Science | 29 +18 | 52% / 48% | 28% | $160,099 | 100 | — | |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 24 +2 | 46% / 54% | 21% | $102,282 | 93 | — | |
| Chemistry | 25 +24 | 40% / 60% | 4% | $80,460 | 72 | — | |
| Geophysical Sciences | 6 +2 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $65,867 | 38 | — | |
| Mathematics | 134 +54 | 78% / 22% | 20% | $146,679 | 100 | 93% | |
| Physics | 54 +13 | 72% / 28% | 24% | $91,650 | 85 | 87% | |
| Statistics | 27 +30 | 52% / 48% | 44% | $147,558 | 100 | 91% | |
| Biological Chemistry | 26 +5 | 42% / 58% | 4% | $76,141 | 64 | — | |
| Biological Sciences | 126 +13 | 38% / 62% | 10% | $68,610 | 46 | 98% | |
| Molecular Engineering | 52 +7 | 62% / 38% | 12% | $77,521 | 67 | — | |
| Neuroscience | 63 +9 | 38% / 62% | 6% | $54,007 | 9 | 95% | |
| History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine | 6 +1 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $64,082 | 32 | 83% | |
| Economics | 548 +130 | 63% / 37% | 24% | $157,181 | 100 | 96% | |
| African and African-American Studies | 4 +9 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $68,367 | 45 | 94% | |
| Anthropology | 26 +5 | 31% / 69% | 15% | $55,099 | 11 | 95% | |
| Cinema and Media Studies | 10 +9 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $72,341 | 56 | — | |
| Classical Studies | 8 +7 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $74,161 | 60 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 7 +6 | 43% / 57% | 14% | $74,719 | 61 | — | |
| Comparative Literature | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 100% | $63,336 | 30 | — | |
| Creative Writing | 19 +19 | 32% / 68% | 11% | $60,479 | 22 | — | |
| Critical Race and Ethnic Studies | 3 +16 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $62,963 | 29 | — | |
| East Asian Languages | 3 +9 | 67% / 33% | 33% | $66,171 | 38 | — | |
| English Language and Literature | 41 +13 | 29% / 71% | 5% | $54,643 | 10 | 87% | |
| Environmental and Urban Studies | 35 +21 | 46% / 54% | 3% | $67,857 | 43 | — | |
| Fundamentals - Issues and Texts | 29 +42 | 59% / 41% | 28% | $72,246 | 56 | 86% | |
| Geographical Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $69,585 | 48 | — | |
| German | — +3 | — | — | $65,751 | 37 | — | |
| Global Studies | 5 +7 | 0% / 100% | 40% | $99,986 | 91 | 94% | |
| Global Studies | 23 +14 | 17% / 83% | 9% | $98,430 | 90 | 96% | |
| History | 46 +31 | 54% / 46% | 2% | $64,082 | 32 | 83% | |
| Human Development | 12 +11 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $58,700 | 18 | 96% | |
| Latin American Studies | — +7 | — | — | $67,651 | 43 | — | |
| Law, Letters, and Society | 27 +14 | 22% / 78% | 15% | $67,934 | 44 | — | |
| Liberal Arts | 16 +6 | 38% / 62% | 0% | $94,580 | 88 | 98% | |
| Linguistics | 12 +8 | 50% / 50% | 8% | $65,721 | 37 | — | |
| Medieval Studies | 2 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $80,710 | 73 | — | |
| Near Eastern Languages | 6 +2 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $66,429 | 39 | — | |
| Political Science | 75 +27 | 45% / 55% | 9% | $88,531 | 83 | 96% | |
| Psychology | 62 +41 | 27% / 73% | 10% | $84,957 | 79 | 95% | |
| Public Policy Studies | 66 +37 | 24% / 76% | 5% | $99,986 | 91 | 94% | |
| Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity | 3 +1 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $64,307 | 33 | — | |
| Religious Studies | 7 +7 | 43% / 57% | 0% | $68,039 | 44 | 94% | |
| Romance Languages | 7 +17 | 29% / 71% | 0% | $66,291 | 39 | — | |
| Russian and East European Studies | 1 +8 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $65,994 | 38 | — | |
| Sociology | 24 +24 | 25% / 75% | 21% | $67,021 | 41 | — | |
| Art History | 20 +11 | 25% / 75% | 20% | $56,542 | 13 | — | |
| Media Arts and Design | 16 +12 | 38% / 62% | 6% | $59,904 | 21 | — | |
| Music | 1 +9 | 100% / 0% | 100% | $50,330 | 5 | — | |
| Theater and Performance Studies | 4 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $44,467 | 3 | — | |
| Visual Arts | 6 +9 | 17% / 83% | 0% | $56,487 | 13 | — |
Rankings
Academics
Future Patagonia Vest Owners
Top Investment Banking Feeders
Goldman, JP, or Bust
Crying in the Library at 3 AM
Toughest Schools
All-Nighter Hall of Fame
Future Ambulance Chasers
Top Law School Feeders
Future SCOTUS Clerks
Future Adjunct Professors
Top PhD Feeders
TA Before You Can Say "Publish or Perish"
College Costs
We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale
Highest List Price
Sticker Shock
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
Significant Community
Computer Science
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Chalkboard Masochists
Physical Sciences & Math
Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
The Bayesian Quant Overlords
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Quantum Masochists & Chalkboard Wizards
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Sedimentary Scholars
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
We Cited Ourselves in the Standard Model
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Proof is in the Pudding
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Lab Gods
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Lord of the Petri Dish
Microbiology & Immunology
Antibody Avengers
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Helix Heavyweights
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Pre-Meds in Disguise
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
We Don't Actually Offer Undergrad Business
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Dashboard Dictators
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
The "Chicago Boys" Free Market Fan Club
Move Fast, Break Tuition
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Startup Scene
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Wait, I Majored in Econ?
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
Getting There
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Academic Anarchists
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
The Great American Novelists
Smashing the Patriarchy 101
Gender Studies
The Theorists
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Future Senators
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
The Archivists
Passport Stamp Collectors
International Relations
UN Delegates
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety)
Law
Mock Trial Champs
I'll Figure Out the Career Later
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Major Mashup
Professional Yapping
Media & Communication Studies
Too Prestigious to Call It a Comm Degree
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
The Thinkers
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
The Power-Analysis Cartel
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
Uncommitted Generalists
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Regional & Ethnic Studies
Diaspora Scholars
Arguing with God for a Grade
Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
Social Theorists
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
Polyglot Powerhouses
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Lesson Planners
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Building Blocks
Explaining Splatters to Rich People
Art History & Management
Theoretical Heavyweights
Lights, Camera, Tuition
Film
Indie Darlings
Theatre Kid Generation
Performing Arts
Encore Worthy