English at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you plan to study english, take a look at what University of Illinois at Chicago has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 English section at the bottom of this page.

UIC English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

UIC English Rankings

The english language major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in english language, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

English Language Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIC English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of english language master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 25% more men than average.

Of the students who received a english language master's degree from UIC, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
English Language and Literature Professors	3,120	$65,860

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.