Fine Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every fine arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the fine arts 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.

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

UIC Fine Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
• Master’s Degree in Fine Arts

UIC Fine Arts Rankings

The fine arts major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fine Arts. 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.

Fine Arts Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Fine Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of fine arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical fine arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIC Fine Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of fine arts master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in fine arts each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% 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 fine arts.

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

Related Majors

• Art History

Careers That Fine Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in fine arts 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Fine Artists	260	$46,870

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.