by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Illinois at Chicago was awarded 432 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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UIC is ranked #192 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UIC held the #249 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UIC is also ranked #6 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
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The acceptance rate at University of Illinois at Chicago is 79%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that UIC is a good fit for you.
About 32% of students accepted to UIC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 660.
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At University of Illinois at Chicago, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Illinois at Chicago is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Illinois at Chicago has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UIC this rate is 34%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 21,921 undergraduates at UIC with 20,023 being full-time and 1,898 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,549 | $11,351 | $14,105 | $19,839 | $23,320 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UIC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UIC, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $6,873 a year. That adds up to $27,492 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UIC is 2.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UIC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607 |
| Phone: | 312-996-7000 |
| Website: | www.uic.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/uic.edu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uicnews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 472 | $29,771 |
| General Biology | 452 | $23,743 |
| Computer Science | 358 | $73,060 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 261 | $46,076 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 192 | $34,572 |
| Accounting | 166 | $53,944 |
| Marketing | 161 | $37,997 |
| Information Science | 156 | $51,817 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 155 | $60,931 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 153 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 31,618 students took at least one online class at University of Illinois at Chicago. This is a decrease from the 32,929 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 31,618 | 11,850 |
| 2019-2020 | 32,929 | 26,134 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,719 | 1,110 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,850 | 1,099 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,404 | 1,076 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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