| Screen last updated on: December 2016 |
| Total undergraduates: |
17,575 |
| Full-time undergraduates: |
16,176 |
| Part-time undergraduates: |
1,399 |
| Total graduate students: |
11,473 |
| Full-time graduate students: |
8,107 |
| Part-time graduate students: |
3,366 |
| Average age of full-time undergraduates: |
21 |
| U.S. region where majority of students come from: |
Midwest |
| Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: |
3% |
| First-year student enrollment breakdown: |
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| 0.0% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 23.6% | Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 9.1% | Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 33.5% | Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.2% | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino | | 27.0% | White, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 3.1% | Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino | | 3.0% | Nonresident Alien |
| 0.5% | Race and/or Ethnicity unknown |
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| Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown: |
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| 0.1% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 22.4% | Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 8.2% | Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 28.4% | Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.2% | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino | | 34.0% | White, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 2.7% | Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 2.5% | Nonresident Alien |
| 1.5% | Race and/or Ethnicity unknown |
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| Campus size: |
243 acres |
| City or town school is located in: |
Chicago |
| Population of city/town: |
2,718,782 |
| Locations of branch/satellite campuses: |
Branch campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, and Urbana. |
| Online campus map: |
www.uic.edu/uic/about/
visit/campus-maps.shtml |
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: |
yes |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- coed dorms (64%)
- single-student apartments (36%)
- married-student apartments
- special housing for disabled students
- other housing including Theme housing.
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| Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: |
36% |
| Percent of students who live in school housing: |
16% |
| Percent of students who live off campus: |
84% |
| Percent of all students who have cars on campus: |
6% |
| Student conduct policies: |
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class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, Residence hall conduct code. |
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| Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: |
yes |
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| Every student is required to lease or own a computer: |
no |
| Every student is required to take a computer course: |
no |
| Computer equipment is provided in: |
residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center |
| Total number of microcomputers available to students: |
1052 |
| Internet access provided to all students: |
yes |
| E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: |
yes |
| School has a library on campus: |
yes |
| Additional library facilities/collections: |
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Science and health sciences libraries. |
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| Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus: |
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Hull House museum. |
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| Remedial learning services: |
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reading, writing, math, study skills, Critical thinking, vocabulary, and communications services. |
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| Additional services offered: |
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nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, day care, health insurance |
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| Counseling services: |
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minority student, military, veteran student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious, women's affairs counseling. |
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| Career placement services: |
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internships, career/job search classes, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, career library, job bank, job fairs, resume referral, individual job placement. |
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| Services for students with disabilities: |
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note-taking services, tape recorders, reader services, testing accommodations, alternate print formats, sign language interpreting, real-time captioning. |
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| Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: |
80% |
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| Number of social fraternities on campus: |
26 |
| Percent of men who join fraternities: |
1% |
| Number of social sororities on campus: |
17 |
| Percent of women who join sororities: |
1% |
| Student activities: |
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student government, radio station |
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| Number of honor societies: |
7 |
| Total number of registered organizations: |
364 |
| Campus-based religious organizations: |
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ACCESS, Asian American InterVarsity, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chabad Jewish Student Group, Campus Ministries, Christians on Campus, Deeper Roots In Christ, Integrating Romans into Society, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, Levine Hillel Student Center, Navigators, Newman Catholic Student Organization, Rise!, Servants, Unity in Christ Gospel Choir; Multi-Ethnic InterVarsity Christian, Christian Pharmacists International, and Orthodox Christian Fellowships; Christian Medical and Dental and Sufi Muslims Associations |
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| Minority student organizations: |
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African Student Council, Black Student Union, Asian American Students in Alliance, BAPS, Campus Fellowship, Buddhist Student Group, Chicago, Chinmaya Yuva, Pride, African American Academic Network, Students for African American Sisterhood, Students for Justice in Palestine, The Veil, Latino Educators United for Change, FUEGO, Movimiento Latino, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement Student Chapter, Liautaud Women's Network, Nursing, Healthcare and the Healing Arts, Minority Students for the Advancement of Public Health, Women in Computer Science; Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions and Asian American Studies Programs; Bhakti Meditation, Women Engineers, and Hispanic Professional Engineers Societies; Native American and American Public Health Student Organizations; Muslim, Korean American, University of American Women, Japanese Audio Visual Cultural, Ahmadi Muslim, Latino Business, National Black Accountants, American Women's Medical, Latino Health Oriented, Latino Pre-Medical, Pre-Medical Minority, Hispanic Dental, Muslim Pharmacy, and Arab American Engineers and Architects Student Associations; Neurodiversity and Japanese conversation clubs |
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| International student organizations: |
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DESIgn Movement, Bhangra, Capoeira Akebelan, Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, Confederation of Latin American Students, Hindu Students Council, Union of Puerto Rican Students, Mexican Students de Aztlan; Fearless Undocumented, Filipinos, and German Student Alliances; Bengali, Chinese Scholars, Hellenic, Indian Graduate, Korean Graduate, Persian Cultural, Polish American, Saudi, Taiwanese, Indian, Asian Business, South Asian Medical, Asian Pharmacists, Polish American Pharmacist Committee, and Indian Pharmacists in America Student Associations; Pakistani and Serbian Student Organizations; international and Italian clubs |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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Acaholix A Cappella, Downtown Voices, Hip-Hop Congress, Mojos' Pen, Primo Dance Troupe, Urbanbeat Show Choir, Red Shoes Review, Alternative Spring Break, Donate by Design, Healing Arts, Chicago Bloc[k], Spark, One World, Kindness Klub, The MOD Project, Speducators Network, Net Impact, Project Inspire, Roots of Justice, Social Justice for People With Disabilities, A Gift of Hope, United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, Emergency USA, Liberty in North Korea, Amnesty International College, College Republicans, Student Alumni Ambassadors, Illinois Student PIRG, Model UN, People Students Against Human Trafficking, Students of Urban and Public Affairs, Student Activities Board, Future Teachers for Social Justice, College Feminists United, Wellness Advocates Volunteering to Educate Students, Radical Public Health, Student Alliance for Public Health and the Environment, Journal for Pre-Health Affiliated Students, Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists/American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Student Chapter, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Chicago College of Urban Planning Ph.D. Students, Epsilon Rho Chapter, Student Research Forum Steering Committee, Sustainable Remediation Forum, Chicago Engineering Design Team, Veterans in Engineering; Linux User's, Finance and Investment, Emergency Medicine Interest, Student Interest in Neurology, and Global Health Student Interest Groups; Operation Research and Management Science-UIC Student Chapter, Graphic Arts-Student Chapter, American Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Industrial Engineers, and American Chemical Engineers Institutes; Asha for Education, Information and Decision Sciences, Pre-Nursing, and Graduate Nurses Student Organizations; Disability Studies, College of Nursing, Medical, and Dental Student Councils; Golden Key International Honor, Alchemy, Platypus Affiliated, Future Physicians, American Consultant Pharmacists, Prospective Surgeons, Industrial Design of America, Audio Engineering, Automotive Engineers, American Mechanical Engineers, American Civil Engineers, International Pharmaceutical Engineering, International Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Student Chapter, Biomedical Engineering, and Bioengineering Graduate Societies; Art History Graduate, Student Veterans, M.B.A., Urban Planning and Policy, Illinois Occupational Therapy, Learning Sciences, American Marketing Collegiate Chapter, Graduate Marketing, Management Leadership, International City-County Management, Medical Artists, Graduate Education in Medical Sciences, Nutrition, American Pharmaceutical Scientists Chapter, National Community Pharmacist, National Pharmaceutical, Pre-Medical, Pre-Veterinary, Systems Audit and Control, Computing Machinery, Masters of Science in Accounting, Structural Engineering of Illinois, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Graduate, and Physiology and Biophysics Graduate Student Associations; necrocinema, anthropology, chess, kinesiology, economics, accounting, neuroscience, and physics clubs |
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| School has an athletic program: |
yes |
| Athletic director: |
James W. Schmidt,
Athletic Director |
| Director of women's athletics: |
Tonya McGowan,
Associate Athletic Director/SWA |
| Athletic department's mailing address: |
Director of Athletics,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
839 West Roosevelt Road,
Chicago, IL 60680 |
| School colors: |
red and blue |
| School mascot: |
Dragon |
| Athletic conference memberships: |
Horizon League (Division I) |
| Sports offered |
Scholarships? |
Athletic Assoc. |
| Men's baseball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's cross-country | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's diving | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's gymnastics | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's track and field (indoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's track and field (outdoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's diving | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's golf | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's gymnastics | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's softball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track and field (indoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track and field (outdoor) | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
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| Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: |
2% |
| Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: |
4% |
| Athletic facilities: |
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Student Recreation Facility |
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| Intramural/Recreational sports: |
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badminton, basketball, bowling, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, racquetball, rugby, soccer, softball, squash, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo, wrestling |
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| Club sports for men: |
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badminton, rugby, sailing, soccer, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo |
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| Club sports for women: |
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badminton, rugby, sailing, soccer, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo |
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| Public transportation serves campus: |
yes |
| Nearest international airport: |
Chicago (15 miles) |
| Nearest other airport: |
Chicago (11 miles) |
| Nearest passenger train service: |
Chicago (1 mile) |
| Nearest passenger bus service: |
Chicago (near campus) |
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| Institutional employment is available: |
yes |
| Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: |
20% |
| Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: |
fair |
| Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: |
no |
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| Percent of graduates who pursue further study: |
20% within one year of graduation, 33% within 10 years of graduation |
| Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: |
60% within one year of graduation |
| List of most prominent alumni/ae: |
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- Tony Podesta, advisor political campaigns
- Carol Moseley-Braun, former U.S. Senator and ambassador
- Jean Bogner, Nobel Prize Winner.
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