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 105 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is occupational therapy.
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College Factual ranked UIC as #254 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UIC also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
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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 29% 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 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 680.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of Illinois at Chicago is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Illinois at Chicago has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. 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 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of Illinois at Chicago.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,089 | $9,617 | $12,358 | $17,747 | $23,011 |
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 $7,514 a year. That adds up to $30,056 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 533 | $75,045 |
| General Biology | 438 | $28,768 |
| General Psychology | 420 | $30,565 |
| Computer Science | 417 | $78,040 |
| Medicine | 325 | NA |
| Law | 280 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 274 | $55,591 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 230 | $34,551 |
| Social Work | 229 | NA |
| Public Health | 222 | $41,585 |
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 2022-2023, 24,140 students took at least one online class at University of Illinois at Chicago. This is a decrease from the 31,618 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 24,140 | 4,049 |
| 2021-2022 | 31,618 | 11,850 |
| 2020-2021 | 32,929 | 26,134 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,850 | 1,099 |
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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