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Evolutionary Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Evolutionary Biology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Evolutionary Biology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology

UIUC Evolutionary Biology Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in evolutionary biology, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Evolutionary Biology Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the evolutionary biology majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Evolutionary Biology Master’s Program

67% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of evolutionary biology master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the evolutionary biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 71% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in evolutionary biology.

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

Careers That Evolutionary Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in evolutionary biology 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 Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Biological Science Professors 2,530 $78,400
Natural Sciences Managers 1,950 $118,480
Biological Scientists 590 $84,180

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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