Sustainability Science at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every sustainability science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sustainability science program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,247 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021, 36 of them were sustainability science majors.

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

UIC Sustainability Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability Science
• Master’s Degree in Sustainability Science

UIC Sustainability Science Rankings

The sustainability science major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability Science. 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.

In 2021, 61 students received their master’s degree in sustainability science from UIC. This makes it the #4 most popular school for sustainability science master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in sustainability science, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sustainability Science Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Sustainability Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in sustainability science from UIC in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical sustainability science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability science 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 sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC Sustainability Science Master’s Program

Of the 61 sustainability science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIC, about 59% were men and 41% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in sustainability science each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

Of the students who received a sustainability science master's degree from UIC, 52% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the sustainability science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 6% 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 sustainability science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	32
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC also has a doctoral program available in sustainability science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Classical & Ancient Studies
• Museum Studies
• Mathematics & Computer Science

Careers That Sustainability Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability science 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
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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.