University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Overview

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution situated in Champaign, Illinois. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Known For?

• Students at UIUC have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UIUC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UIUC with a bachelor's degree make about $77,368 a year. That's 90% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average UIUC student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?

Contact details for UIUC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 E John Street, Champaign, IL 61820-5711
Phone:	217-333-1000
Website:	www.illinois.edu

How Do I Get Into UIUC?

You can apply to UIUC online at: admissions.illinois.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for UIUC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Neither required nor recommended
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UIUC?

The acceptance rate at UIUC is 60%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 51% of accepted students are men and 49% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% of students accepted to UIUC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 730. Math scores were between 680 and 780.

UIUC received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 29 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 34. Composite scores were between 29 and 34.

Can I Afford University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?

The overall average net price of UIUC is $40,356. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UIUC, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $6,428 a year. That adds up to $25,712 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UIUC is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 34,779 undergraduate students at UIUC, with 33,481 being full-time and 1,298 being part-time.

There are also 21,828 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 33,481 full-time undergraduates at UIUC, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7,132
Black or African American	2,032
Hispanic or Latino	4,698
White	13,416
International Students	4,580
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,623

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 116 countries are represented at UIUC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In 2020-2021, 47,297 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UIUC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of UIUC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was 126.1%. This is the #368 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UIUC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

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