General Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a general education school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general education program.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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

Online Classes Are Available at UIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UIUC offers distance education options for general education at the following degree levels:

UIUC General Education Rankings

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 Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of general education master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general education each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a general education master's degree from UIUC, 65% 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	10
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	126
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

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.