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Rhetoric & Composition at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rhetoric & Composition at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a rhetoric and composition school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's rhetoric and composition program.

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 Rhetoric & Composition section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC Rhetoric & Composition Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition

UIUC Rhetoric & Composition Rankings

The rhetoric and composition major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rhetoric & Composition. 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.

Rhetoric and Composition Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of rhetoric and composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical rhetoric and composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in rhetoric and composition at UIUC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rhetoric and composition 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 rhetoric and composition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Rhetoric and Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in rhetoric and composition 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
Editors 3,830 $62,590
English Language and Literature Professors 3,120 $65,860
Professors 3,040 $66,970
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710

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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