Disability Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

If you are interested in studying disability studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Chicago. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518.

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

UIC Disability Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Disability Studies
• Master’s Degree in Disability Studies

UIC Disability Studies Rankings

The disability studies major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Disability Studies. 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in disability studies, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Disability Studies Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Disability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of disability studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities in its disability studies 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 disability studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIC Disability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of disability studies master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the disability studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% 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 disability studies.

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

Related Majors

• African American Studies
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

Careers That Disability Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in disability studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	450	$74,010

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.