University Of Illinois At Chicago

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, was chartered in 1867. The university traces its origins to a number of private health colleges like the Chicago College of Pharmacy, the Columbian College of Dentistry, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons which were founded in the late nineteenth century. The main campus of UIC encompasses over 300 acres in Chicago.

UIC offers a number of academic programs through the following colleges:

• College of Applied Health Sciences
• College of Architecture and the Arts
• College of Business Administration
• College of Dentistry
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Medicine
• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Public Health
• College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
• Jane Addams College of Social Work
• The Graduate College
• The Honors College

There are more than 25 Greek letter social organizations at UIC. The Greek Advisor on Campus Programs works as a liaison between the UIC community and the collegiate chapters.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in medicine, therapy and counseling, architecture and planning, mathematics, and science.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

UIC participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 79% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 25,835 in 2009-2010 (22,543 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 60% of enrolled students and graduate students are 40%.

Students under 25 years old represent 64% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UIC provides on-campus housing for 3,792 of its 22,543 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Horizon League for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 129 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 85 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

UIC offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (159 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Architecture and Related Services
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,139 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (175 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

DESIGN (68 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (363 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Health Occupations Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Urban Education and Leadership

ENGINEERING (476 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (231 awarded)

• Child Development
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (46 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (731 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Studies
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (106 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (83 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (63 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
• Health Services Administration
• Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICINE (781 awarded)

• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MS, PhD)
• Neuroscience
• Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Pre-Dentistry Studies
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (7 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (307 awarded)

• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (196 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (32 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts
• Photography

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (25 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (503 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (178 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (453 awarded)

• Educational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology