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Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a engineering 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 engineering program.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 655 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

UIUC Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UIUC Engineering Rankings

There were 201 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Engineering Master’s Program

27% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 655 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from UIUC. About 73% were men and 27% 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 Urbana-Champaign with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 50
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 129
International Students 432
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 225
Civil Engineering 201
Mechanical Engineering 90
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 49
Operations Research 46
Biomedical Engineering 42
Environmental Engineering 41
Materials Engineering 41
Industrial Engineering 30
Agricultural Engineering 25
Chemical Engineering 25
Nuclear Engineering 16
General Engineering 14
Engineering Mechanics 6
Systems Engineering 5

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 30,500 $96,610
Mechanical Engineers 17,320 $92,030
Systems Software Developers 17,130 $108,570
Civil Engineers 10,970 $94,570
Industrial Production Managers 10,620 $104,540

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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