Environmental Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying environmental science, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year.

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

UIUC Environmental Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

UIUC Environmental Science Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in bioenvironmental sciences, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Environmental Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of bioenvironmental sciences master's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences master's degree from UIUC, 81% 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,690	$78,640
Environmental Science Professors	130	$90,820

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.