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 1,137 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is disability studies.
According to College Factual's 2023 analysis, UIC is ranked #249 out of 2,241 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UIC held the #355 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UIC also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
See all of the rankings for University of Illinois at Chicago.
University of Illinois at Chicago has an acceptance rate of 73%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 82% 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 510 and 610. Math scores were between 520 and 640.
Learn more about University of Illinois at Chicago admissions.
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 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Illinois at Chicago enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about 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%.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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 30% of students took out student loans averaging $6,510 a year. That adds up to $26,040 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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See which majors at University of Illinois at Chicago make the most money.
Get more details about the location of University of Illinois at Chicago.
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 |
| Nursing | 284 | $65,021 |
| 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 |
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 2019-2020, 32,929 students took at least one online class at University of Illinois at Chicago. This is an increase from the 7,719 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 32,929 | 26,134 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,719 | 1,110 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,850 | 1,099 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,404 | 1,076 |
| 2015-2016 | 4,708 | 1,138 |
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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