General Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 general education majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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

UIUC General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education
• Master’s Degree in General Education
• Doctorate Degree in General Education

UIUC General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general education progam at UIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general education major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	25
	33
Best General Education Schools	39
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
	139
Most Focused General Education Master’s Degree Schools	197
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227

In 2021, 170 students received their master’s degree in general education from UIUC. This makes it the #23 most popular school for general education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in general education, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Education Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 general education majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIUC. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical general education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general education 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 general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UIUC General Education Master’s Program

Of the 170 general education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a general education master's degree from UIUC, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	115
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in general education. In 2021, 41 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general education 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
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280

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.