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Computer Science at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 133 students received their master's degree in compsci.

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

UIC Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in CompSci
  • Doctorate Degree in CompSci

UIC Computer Science Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC Computer Science Master’s Program

26% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 133 compsci students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIC, about 74% were men and 26% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in compsci.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 119
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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 Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,770 $143,900
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Computer Programmers 11,350 $91,860

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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