Sustainability Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a sustainability 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 sustainability program.

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 Sustainability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UIC Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

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

UIC Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in sustainability, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sustainability Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in sustainability each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a sustainability master's degree from UIC, 59% were white. This is typical 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 sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	55
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Sustainability Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability 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

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