Graphic Design at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

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 Graphic Design section at the bottom of this page.

UIC Graphic Design Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design
• Master’s Degree in Graphic Design

UIC Graphic Design Rankings

The graphic design major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Graphic Design. 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.

Graphic Design Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Graphic Design Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of graphic design bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical graphic design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its graphic design 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 graphic design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIC Graphic Design Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of graphic design master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in graphic design each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than 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 graphic design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Visual Communications
• Other Design & Applied Arts
• Industrial Design

Careers That Graphic Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in graphic design 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
Graphic Designers	11,700	$56,890
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Art Directors	2,080	$99,800
Multimedia Artists and Animators	770	$61,440

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.