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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

At a Glance
  • Student Population: 43,881
  • Undergraduate Population: 31,477
  • Student to Faculty Ratioa: 19:1
  • Total Annual Costc: $40,680
  • In-State Tuitionc: $13,096
  • Out-of-State Tuitionc: $27,238
  • Percent on Financial Aidd: 68.0%
  • Percent Admittede: 65.0%
  • SAT Composite Rangef: 1210-1430
Profile

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious campus in the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the second oldest public university in the state, second to Illinois State University. It is considered a Public Ivy, and is a long-standing member of the Big Ten Conference. The university is designated as a RU/VH Research University (very high research activities). The campus library system is one of the largest public academic collections in the world. It is the third-largest university library in the United States (only the collections of Harvard and Yale are larger), and the sixth-largest in the country overall. The university comprises 17 colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. Additionally, the university operates an extension that serves 2.7 million registrants per year around the state of Illinois and beyond. The campus holds 286 buildings on 1,468 acres (6 km2) in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, and has an annual budget of nearly $1.5 billion. Full Wikipedia Profile [...] more

Wikipedia profiles date from the week of July 3rd, 2011 and have been modified to reflect the latest federal data and edited for grammar, clarity and to remove outdated information.
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  • Something’s gotta give when big data meets broadband

    nightly to North America and up to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That will require a huge amount of bandwidth, and bandwidth is increasingly a scarce resource in our data-hungry [...] more>>

  • For Midwest Corn Crop, the Pressure Rises, Like the Heat

    HARTFORD CITY, Ind. — Across a wide stretch of Midwestern farms, sweltering temperatures and a dearth of rain are threatening what was expected to be the nation’s largest corn crop in generations. Already, some farmers in Illinois and Missouri have given [...] more>>

  • Rob Pullen 1962-2012: Engineer led Naperville's Tellabs

    "No words can describe the grief I feel right now." Robert W. Pullen was born May 29, 1962. He played shortstop on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's varsity baseball team and joined Tellabs as an engineer right after graduation. He earned a [...] more>>

  • Need to Brainstorm? Head to Starbucks

    entirely the result of the sudden infusion of caffeine. Ravi Mehta, a business administration professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and two colleagues set out to explore the effect of moderate ambient noise on creative problem solving. [...] more>>

  • Intern Aftermath

    newsroom introducing the current crop of interns and what drew them to the paper. One intern, Rosie Powers, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate, proceeded to introduce her new WaPo colleagues to their own CEO Don Graham. She told them he’s [...] more>>

  • Editorial: Differential tuition hurts undergrads, economy

    resident freshman studying advertising or journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will pay $12,416 in basic tuition for the 2012-13 academic year. A freshman studying chemistry, business, engineering or life sciences at the same university [...] more>>

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Student Body
Enrollment by Gender
Male
53%
Female
47%
Enrollment numbers from 2009 Department of Education data.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
11.0%
Black or African American
6.0%
Hispanic/Latino
6.0%
White
58.0%
Race/Ethnicity Unknown
3.0%
Non-Resident Alien
15.0%
Attendance Status
Full-Time
90.9%
Part-Time
9.1%
Sports
Athletic Divison
NCAA Division I-A
Percent of Varsity Athletes in Student Body
1.7%
Sports numbers from 2009 Department of Education data.
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  1. Total FTE (full-time equivalent) undergraduate students divided by total FTE instructional staff not teaching in graduate or professional programs.
  2. Percentage of students who began their studies in fall 2003 and completed their degree program within 4 years
  3. The estimated total cost of attendance for out-of-state students living on campus in 2009-2010. This estimate includes the reported average cost of tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board and "other" living expenses. This figure is an estimate and not a guarantee of the actual amount the student may be charged.
  4. Financial aid data refer to full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in 2008-2009, unless otherwise noted.
  5. Admissions data refer to students applying to enter in fall 2009. Application fee data refer to those fees charged to students applying for admission in fall 2010.
  6. Test scores (SAT and ACT) refer to first-time degree/certificate-seeking students. SAT composite includes only Critical Reading and Math.