Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, 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 has a total student population of 52,679.

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

UIUC Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

UIUC Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 201 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Engineering Bachelor’s Program

24% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	489
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	143
White	660
International Students	435
Other Races/Ethnicities	74

UIUC Engineering Master’s Program

23% Women

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 23% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	61
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	154
International Students	414
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	463
Computer Engineering	422
Civil Engineering	403
Mechanical Engineering	300
Chemical Engineering	181
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	154
Agricultural Engineering	128
Industrial Engineering	110
Materials Engineering	109
Biomedical Engineering	96
Systems Engineering	77
Engineering Physics	74
Operations Research	46
Environmental Engineering	41
Nuclear Engineering	39
Engineering Mechanics	38
General Engineering	14

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Mechanical Engineers	17,320	$92,030
Systems Software Developers	17,130	$108,570
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Industrial Production Managers	10,620	$104,540

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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