by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago took the #212 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, UIC came in at #12.
UIC was ranked #131 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, UIC took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 59.6% of the total graduate students at UIC are women and 40.4% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 37.4% of the graduate student population at UIC. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 16.8% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,927 | $25,118 |
| Fees | $3,350 | $3,350 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UIC is $63,995. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 10% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from UIC enter careers with an average starting salary of $77,729. That's good news for those graduates since it is 3% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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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 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 84.6% of the graduate students at UIC took at least one online course. For that same period, 53.3% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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