by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Education. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Education is a major offered under the education program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in education, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UIUC paid an average of $680 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $525 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $15,016 | $27,187 |
| Fees | $2,896 | $2,896 |
education who receive their master’s degree from UIUC make an average of $56,716 a year during the early days of their career. That is 15% higher than the national average of $49,197.
Online degrees for the UIUC education master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 76.9% of the education students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 78.2%.
Around 26.6% of education master’s degree recipients at UIUC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 20 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 116 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
General Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 169 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general education.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 16 |
| Educational Assessment | 7 |
| Education Philosophy | 1 |
| Special Education | 8 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 14 |
*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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