General Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

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

UIC General Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at UIC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIC offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UIC General Engineering Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Engineering Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC General Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 9 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIC, about 89% were men and 11% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Construction Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.