Sustainability Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Every sustainability studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sustainability 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 Sustainability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainability
• Master’s Degree in Sustainability

UIUC Sustainability Studies Rankings

The sustainability major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sustainability Studies. 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in sustainability, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Sustainability Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Sustainability Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of sustainability bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical sustainability bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sustainability 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 sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	26
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 64% 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 sustainability.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Sustainability Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability 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
Professors	3,040	$66,970

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.