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Astrophysics at Illinois Institute of Technology

Astrophysics at Illinois Institute of Technology

Every astrophysics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the astrophysical sciences program at Illinois Institute of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,325.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Astrophysics section at the bottom of this page.

Illinois Tech Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astrophysical Sciences

Illinois Tech Astrophysics Rankings

The astrophysical sciences major at Illinois Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astrophysics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Astrophysical Sciences Student Demographics at Illinois Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the astrophysical sciences majors at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Illinois Tech Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of astrophysical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical astrophysical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Illinois Tech since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its astrophysical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in astrophysical sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Astrophysical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in astrophysical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Illinois Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Physicists 810 $114,320
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 320 $80,660

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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