University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Champaign, IL
Population
240,000
Website
https://illinois.edu/
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
34,623
Men / Women
52% / 48%
White
36%
Asian
21%
International
14%
Hispanic
12%
Black
5%
Mixed
3%
Native American
0%
From State
71%
From Region
1%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics
22%
Engineering
20%
Computer Science
9%
Life & Natural Sciences
9%
Physical Sciences & Math
7%
Health Sciences
6%
Arts
4%
Education
2%
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$20,736
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$42,448
Est. In-State Cost
$26,824
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$54,911
10-Year ROI
$288,000
ROI Percentile
97th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
95%
4-Year Graduation Rate
73%
6-Year Graduation Rate
85%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Weather
Comfortable Days
110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours
2,540 (45%)
Days Without Precipitation
248 (51%)
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
37%
Yield (Unbound)
29%
Early Action
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $444M | #7 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $364M | #55 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $30M | #56 |
Graduate Degrees
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 350 | #5 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 483 | #22 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 397 | #58 |
Honors College
Name
Campus Honors Program / Chancellor's Scholars
Students
500 (1%)
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
64%
SAT Range
1340
–
1470
SAT Math Range
660
–
780
SAT RW Range
650
–
740
ACT Range
30
–
34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences | 672 | 44% / 55% | 5% | $71,294 | 96% | ||
| Agriculture | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $64,191 | 63 | — | |
| Agronomy | 13 +1 | 69% / 31% | 15% | $67,313 | 69 | 88% | |
| Animal Sciences | 114 — | 17% / 83% | 1% | $53,114 | 33 | 97% | |
| Computer Science + Animal Sciences | 2 — | 0% / 0% | 0% | $56,716 | 44 | — | |
| Computer Science + Crop Sciences | 5 +1 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $64,040 | 62 | — | |
| Dietetics and Nutrition | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $63,814 | 62 | — | |
| Food Science | 74 — | 30% / 70% | 12% | $60,678 | 55 | 91% | |
| Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences | 65 +1 | 54% / 46% | 9% | $58,105 | 48 | 91% | |
| Plant Biotechnology | 10 — | 20% / 80% | 0% | $53,535 | 34 | — | |
| Agricultural and Consumer Economics | 264 — | 72% / 28% | 4% | $88,101 | 91 | 96% | |
| Agricultural and Extension Education Services | 36 +2 | 28% / 72% | 0% | $70,532 | 74 | 100% | |
| Human Development and Family Studies | 77 — | 5% / 95% | 1% | $64,921 | 64 | 100% | |
| Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems | 9 — | 78% / 22% | 33% | $83,930 | 88 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Applied Health Sciences | 633 | 33% / 67% | 1% | $72,045 | 97% | ||
| Community Health | 144 — | 27% / 73% | 0% | $71,261 | 75 | 96% | |
| Health Sciences | 150 — | 12% / 88% | 1% | $76,828 | 82 | 98% | |
| Kinesiology | 188 — | 48% / 52% | 2% | $74,221 | 79 | 96% | |
| Speech and Hearing Science | 68 — | 3% / 97% | 0% | $67,270 | 69 | 96% | |
| Recreation, Sport and Tourism | 83 — | 72% / 28% | 2% | $63,748 | 62 | 97% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Education | 206 | 9% / 90% | 0% | $55,427 | 93% | ||
| Computer Science + Education | 2 — | 0% / 0% | 0% | $58,315 | 48 | — | |
| Early Childhood Education | 19 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $52,589 | 31 | 93% | |
| Elementary Education | 96 — | 5% / 95% | 0% | $52,589 | 31 | 93% | |
| German Language Teacher Education | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $50,026 | 24 | 100% | |
| Learning and Education Studies | 9 — | 11% / 89% | 11% | $64,547 | 63 | 100% | |
| Middle Grades Education | 41 — | 17% / 83% | 0% | $52,589 | 31 | 93% | |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 5 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $50,026 | 24 | 100% | |
| Special Education | 32 — | 12% / 88% | 0% | $67,699 | 69 | 90% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Fine and Applied Arts | 349 | 44% / 53% | 7% | $52,558 | 96% | ||
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | 99 — | 55% / 45% | 12% | $65,804 | 66 | 100% | |
| Art Education | 11 — | 9% / 91% | 0% | $50,026 | 24 | 100% | |
| Computer Science + Music | 12 — | 0% / 0% | 0% | $41,181 | 7 | — | |
| Dance | 11 — | 18% / 82% | 0% | $39,310 | 6 | — | |
| Graphic Design | 62 — | 39% / 61% | 2% | $70,046 | 73 | 90% | |
| Industrial and Product Design | — — | — | — | $66,537 | 67 | — | |
| Instrumental Music | 13 — | 69% / 31% | 0% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% | |
| Jazz Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% | |
| Lyric Theatre | 44 — | 41% / 59% | 2% | $38,862 | 5 | 92% | |
| Music | 6 — | 17% / 83% | 0% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% | |
| Music | 19 — | 58% / 42% | 16% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% | |
| Music Composition | 5 — | 80% / 20% | 20% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% | |
| Music Education | 39 — | 49% / 51% | 5% | $50,026 | 24 | 100% | |
| Photography | 4 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $43,183 | 10 | — | |
| Studio Art | 21 — | 38% / 62% | 14% | $33,080 | 2 | 86% | |
| Voice and Opera | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $32,182 | 2 | 96% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 3,179 | 45% / 49% | 14% | $74,290 | 95% | ||
| Mathematics & Computer Science | 83 — | 83% / 17% | 45% | $152,393 | 100 | 100% | |
| Statistics & Computer Science | 109 — | 81% / 19% | 28% | $104,911 | 97 | 94% | |
| Astronomy | 16 +3 | 44% / 56% | 6% | $77,282 | 83 | — | |
| Astrophysics | 11 — | 45% / 55% | 45% | $77,379 | 83 | — | |
| Atmospheric Sciences | 16 +1 | 56% / 44% | 0% | $77,106 | 82 | 82% | |
| Chemistry | 106 +5 | 56% / 44% | 13% | $75,401 | 81 | 93% | |
| Computer Science + Astronomy | 13 +3 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $77,326 | 83 | — | |
| Computer Science + Chemistry | 12 +5 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $73,659 | 79 | — | |
| Geology | 17 +1 | 35% / 65% | 6% | $66,837 | 68 | 92% | |
| Mathematics | 123 +10 | 80% / 20% | 47% | $81,840 | 87 | 94% | |
| Statistics | 168 +45 | 64% / 36% | 48% | $104,911 | 97 | 94% | |
| Biochemistry | 45 — | 49% / 51% | 2% | $68,929 | 72 | — | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 177 +1 | 45% / 55% | 2% | $60,171 | 53 | 95% | |
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | 282 — | 37% / 63% | 5% | $70,132 | 74 | 94% | |
| Actuarial Science | 50 +5 | 72% / 28% | 16% | $100,568 | 96 | 99% | |
| Computer Science + Economics | 93 +50 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $88,880 | 91 | — | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 66 +8 | 68% / 32% | 42% | $91,191 | 93 | 92% | |
| Economics | 207 +50 | 66% / 34% | 27% | $91,191 | 93 | 92% | |
| African American Studies | 3 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $49,922 | 24 | 100% | |
| Anthropology | 34 +3 | 38% / 62% | 3% | $52,379 | 31 | 93% | |
| Applied Linguistics | 2 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,264 | 20 | 94% | |
| Classics | — +2 | — | — | $54,653 | 38 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 16 +1 | 50% / 50% | 12% | $58,820 | 50 | — | |
| Communication | 190 +34 | 44% / 56% | 4% | $71,207 | 75 | 95% | |
| Computer Science + Anthropology | 11 +3 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $56,209 | 42 | — | |
| Computer Science + Geography and Geographic Information Science | 3 +2 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $63,878 | 62 | — | |
| Computer Science + Linguistics | 33 — | 0% / 0% | 0% | $55,812 | 41 | — | |
| Computer Science + Philosophy | 12 +7 | 0% / 0% | 0% | $46,827 | 16 | — | |
| Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability | 69 — | 49% / 51% | 9% | $62,332 | 59 | 100% | |
| East Asian Studies | 7 +1 | 29% / 71% | 14% | $58,917 | 50 | 85% | |
| English | 92 +5 | 25% / 75% | 1% | $60,391 | 54 | 96% | |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | 4 +6 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $49,922 | 24 | 100% | |
| French | 3 — | 33% / 67% | 0% | $62,665 | 59 | 88% | |
| Geography | 1 +2 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $61,254 | 56 | 95% | |
| Geography and Geographic Information Science | 21 +2 | 62% / 38% | 29% | $61,254 | 56 | 95% | |
| Germanic Studies | 2 +3 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $58,917 | 50 | 85% | |
| Global Studies | 31 +4 | 13% / 87% | 3% | $66,048 | 66 | 100% | |
| History | 77 +17 | 71% / 29% | 1% | $58,586 | 49 | 92% | |
| Latin American Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $58,917 | 50 | 85% | |
| Latina/Latino Studies | 5 +3 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $49,922 | 24 | 100% | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | 5 — | 100% / 0% | 40% | $55,747 | 41 | — | |
| Linguistics | 23 — | 48% / 52% | 17% | $48,264 | 20 | 94% | |
| Philosophy | 21 +7 | 76% / 24% | 5% | $33,792 | 3 | 95% | |
| Political Science | 230 +43 | 47% / 53% | 3% | $74,311 | 80 | 91% | |
| Portuguese | — — | — | — | $54,909 | 38 | — | |
| Psychology | 601 +36 | 27% / 73% | 9% | $58,965 | 50 | 100% | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | 20 +3 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $47,544 | 18 | 96% | |
| Slavic Languages | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $54,703 | 38 | — | |
| Sociology | 43 +17 | 30% / 70% | 2% | $61,548 | 57 | 91% | |
| Spanish | 19 +26 | 32% / 68% | 0% | $62,665 | 59 | 88% | |
| Art History | 5 — | 60% / 40% | 0% | $33,080 | 2 | 86% | |
| Intermedia/Multimedia | — — | — | — | $33,725 | 3 | — | |
| Painting | — — | — | — | $35,912 | 3 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Media | 283 | 34% / 59% | 5% | $72,489 | 96% | ||
| Advertising | 192 — | 32% / 68% | 5% | $75,277 | 81 | 96% | |
| Computer Science + Advertising | 19 — | 0% / 0% | 0% | $75,476 | 81 | — | |
| Journalism | 36 — | 42% / 58% | 6% | $57,331 | 45 | 98% | |
| Media and Cinema Studies | 36 — | 56% / 44% | 6% | $71,207 | 75 | 95% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gies College of Business | 900 | 58% / 42% | 9% | $102,455 | 97% | ||
| Accountancy | 241 +23 | 59% / 41% | 17% | $96,827 | 95 | 97% | |
| Business Administration | 28 +15 | 61% / 39% | 0% | $95,310 | 95 | 95% | |
| Finance | 262 +35 | 67% / 33% | 7% | $118,286 | 99 | 99% | |
| Financial Analytics | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 100% | $93,985 | 94 | — | |
| Information Systems | 119 — | 61% / 39% | 8% | $102,191 | 97 | — | |
| Management Science | 47 +138 | 62% / 38% | 2% | $100,568 | 96 | 99% | |
| Marketing | 136 +28 | 32% / 68% | 7% | $89,257 | 91 | 94% | |
| Operations Management | 10 +6 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $95,310 | 95 | 95% | |
| Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 15 +10 | 73% / 27% | 20% | $82,285 | 87 | — | |
| Supply Chain Management | 41 +16 | 56% / 44% | 2% | $95,310 | 95 | 95% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grainger College of Engineering | 2,509 | 74% / 26% | 23% | $116,955 | 97% | ||
| Aerospace Engineering | 141 — | 86% / 14% | 4% | $109,503 | 98 | 94% | |
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering | 73 — | 78% / 22% | 1% | $87,830 | 91 | 95% | |
| Bioengineering | 75 — | 48% / 52% | 3% | $103,191 | 97 | 96% | |
| Chemical Engineering | 145 — | 63% / 37% | 14% | $107,589 | 98 | 99% | |
| Civil Engineering | 189 — | 62% / 38% | 27% | $90,751 | 92 | 97% | |
| Computer Engineering | 392 — | 85% / 15% | 34% | $136,097 | 100 | 98% | |
| Computer Science + Bioengineering | — — | — | — | $98,343 | 96 | — | |
| Electrical Engineering | 235 — | 82% / 18% | 40% | $103,028 | 97 | 95% | |
| Engineering Mechanics | 20 — | 90% / 10% | 20% | $87,825 | 91 | 100% | |
| Engineering Undeclared | — — | — | — | $103,298 | 97 | — | |
| Industrial Engineering | 77 — | 71% / 29% | 21% | $98,221 | 96 | 92% | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 65 — | 69% / 31% | 28% | $96,928 | 95 | 96% | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 269 — | 84% / 16% | 23% | $96,770 | 95 | 97% | |
| Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering | 31 — | 84% / 16% | 3% | $113,726 | 99 | 100% | |
| Systems Engineering and Design | 58 — | 72% / 28% | 14% | $104,669 | 97 | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 361 — | 69% / 31% | 23% | $170,405 | 100 | 99% | |
| Computer Science + Physics | — +1 | — | — | $137,641 | 100 | 99% | |
| Data Science | 20 — | 45% / 55% | 35% | $97,360 | 95 | — | |
| Human-Centered Technology Design | 40 — | 60% / 40% | 28% | $144,007 | 100 | 100% | |
| Information Sciences | 149 — | 68% / 32% | 15% | $144,007 | 100 | 100% | |
| Physics | 121 +1 | 86% / 14% | 26% | $72,340 | 77 | 86% | |
| Systems Science and Theory | 48 +5 | 23% / 77% | 2% | $59,488 | 51 | 90% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Social Work | 73 | 7% / 93% | 0% | $59,589 | 91% | ||
| Social Work | 73 — | 7% / 93% | 0% | $59,589 | 52 | 91% |
Rankings
Fun and Games
Party til You Drop (Out)
Party Schools
Rage
Engineering
It Actually IS Rocket Science
Aerospace Engineering
Rocket Scientists
Farming with Numbers
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
The Green Giants
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Elite
Resistance Is Futile
Computer Engineering
FPGA Whisperers & Bit-Twiddling Demigods
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Shockingly Elite
Drill, Baby, Drill
Energy & Mining Engineering
My Precious
Hugging Trees with Calculus
Environmental Engineering
Earth Defenders
I Have Always Loved Legos
General Engineering
I Build Robots While Reading Plato, Kneel Before My Megamind
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr
Industrial Engineering
The Quants
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Atomic Architects
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Mad Scientists' Machine Shop
We Glow In The Dark
Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Masters
Computer Science
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better.
Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science (Eng)
The Waitlist Kings
import pandas as pd
Data Science
The Tech Bro Pipeline
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again?
Information Technology
Tech Support Savants
Physical Sciences & Math
Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Actuaries, Modelers & Aspiring Quants
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Mega-Lab Multiverse
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
Theorem Crafters
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Petri Dish Elite
Photosynthesis Fan Club
Ecology & Plant Biology
Petal Pushers
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Climate Warriors
Better Eating Through Chemistry
Food Science & Nutrition
The Flavor Engineers
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Pipette Pros
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers
Plant & Agricultural Systems
The Land Grants
Puppies Over People
Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)
Health Sciences
Where Diagnoses Begin
Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Clinical Hours
Talk About a Career
Phonoaudiology
Hearing Heroes
Sweat Equity
Sports & Fitness
ESPN Scholars
Business & Economics
LIFO the Party
Accounting
Big Four Pipeline
The House Always Wins
Actuarial Science
We Don't Predict the Future, We Charge You for It
Show Me the Bushels
Agribusiness & Economics
Wall Street of Wheat
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Tech Incubators
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
Mega-Macro State Factories
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Quants
Office Politics 101
Human Resources
Talent Whisperers
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Academic Anarchists
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Ink & Quill
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
The Filibuster
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
Nosy for a Living
Journalism
Statehouse Press-Corps Factories
Professional Yapping
Media & Communication Studies
State-Funded Media Monoliths
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
The Power-Analysis Cartel
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
Field Observers
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
Syntax Scholars
Education
No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers
Early Education
Brat Whisperers
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Teacher's Pet
Hablas Pedagogy?
Languages Education
Grammar Gurus
History Repeats Itself
Social Sciences Education
History Buffs
Everyone Gets a Medal
Special Education
Inclusive Classroom Crew
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers
Specific Subjects Education
Studio to Schoolroom
Show Your Work, Then Teach It
STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Studio Culture
Lights, Camera, Tuition
Film
Streaming Service Bound
Eight Hours of Scales
Music
Practice Room Prophets