Computer & Information Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer & information sciences, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

UIUC Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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 67 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

31% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences 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 Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	268
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	114
International Students	130
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UIUC Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

37% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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 computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	215
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	56
White	358
International Students	642
Other Races/Ethnicities	146

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

The following computer & information sciences concentations are available at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	901
Information Science	388
Computer Information Systems	70

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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
Software Applications Developers	30,500	$96,610
Computer Systems Analysts	28,130	$89,370
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers	17,770	$143,900
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570

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
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