University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Teaching Programs

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution situated in Champaign, Illinois. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rankings

UIUC is ranked #14 out of 545 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2021 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #1 out of 23 schools in Illinois.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

UIUC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UIUC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Education Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Curriculum & Instruction Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UIUC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Colleges for Special Education	College Factual
#6	Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	College Factual
#7	Best Special Education Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#29	Best Colleges for Education	College Factual
#70	Best Education Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#107	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?

Contact details for UIUC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 E John Street, Champaign, IL 61820-5711
Phone:	217-333-1000
Website:	www.illinois.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/illinois.edu
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/Illinois_Alma

How Do I Get Into UIUC?

You can apply to UIUC online at: admissions.illinois.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for UIUC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	neither required nor recommended
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UIUC?

With an acceptance rate of 62%, UIUC does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 52% of accepted students are men and 48% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 57%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 22% of students accepted to UIUC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 710 and 790.

UIUC received ACT scores from 85% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 25 and 33. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

Can I Afford University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?

The overall average net price of UIUC is $39,248. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UIUC, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $6,816 a year. That adds up to $27,264 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UIUC is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 33,915 undergraduate students at UIUC, with 32,757 being full-time and 1,158 being part-time.

There are also 15,787 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 32,757 full-time undergraduates at UIUC, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6,113
Black or African American	1,965
Hispanic or Latino	3,929
White	14,337
International Students	5,105
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,308

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 116 countries are represented at UIUC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at UIUC. In 2017-2018, 17,270 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UIUC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of UIUC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was 35.4%. This is the #377 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UIUC regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UIUC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Education	18%
General Education	18%
Teacher Education Subject Specific	11%
Technical Teacher Education	89%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UIUC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UIUC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Education Philosophy	#1
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	#1
Technical Teacher Education	#1
Agricultural Teacher Education	#1
Biology Education	#2
Curriculum & Instruction	#18
Curriculum & Instruction	#18
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#25
General Education	#27
General Education	#27
General Educational Leadership & Administration	#34
Educational Administration	#43

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Education	20	2	185	11	218
Elementary Education	95	0	2	0	97
Music Education	32	0	15	1	48
General Special Education	27	0	15	5	47
Agricultural Teacher Education	22	0	12	0	34
Curriculum & Instruction	0	2	22	6	30
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	19	0	19
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	13	0	0	0	13
Art Education	9	0	2	1	12
Early Childhood Education	10	0	2	0	12
Secondary Education	0	0	11	0	11
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	1	8	9
Technical Teacher Education	0	0	0	9	9
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	0	1	7	8
Biology Education	0	0	7	0	7
Spanish Education	7	0	0	0	7
Mathematics Education	0	0	2	0	2
Chemistry Education	0	0	1	0	1
French Language Teacher Education	1	0	0	0	1
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0
Earth Science Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
German Language Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
Latin Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
Modern Language Education	0	0	0	0	0
Physics Education	0	0	0	0	0
Social Studies Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	236	4	297	48	585

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.