UIUC's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students is 84.9%. Female students graduated at a rate of 88.4%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 82.1%.

84.9%

asian 87.1% 1,264 students
African American 69.0% 327 students
white 87.2% 2,976 students
unknown 80.0% 44 students
hawaiian 60.0% 3 students
hispanic 78.0% 634 students
International Students 87.6% 970 students
Mixed Race 82.2% 189 students

Drop Out

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has an overall drop-out rate of 14.2% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 16.4% and 11.3% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

14.2%

asian 11.8% 171 students
African American 30.2% 143 students
white 12.2% 418 students
unknown 18.2% 10 students
hawaiian 40.0% 2 students
hispanic 20.9% 170 students
International Students 10.4% 115 students
Mixed Race 17.0% 39 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

1.0%

asian 1.1% 16 students
African American 0.8% 4 students
white 0.5% 18 students
hispanic 1.1% 9 students
International Students 2.1% 23 students
Mixed Race 0.9% 2 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$101,262	$101,592	$118,452
Computer Engineering	$88,455	$84,100	$103,246
Engineering Physics	$48,606	$74,845	$90,556
Chemical Engineering	$73,493	$74,279	$87,314
Finance and Financial Management Services	$66,961	$71,935	$84,657
Industrial Engineering	$68,901	$75,775	$84,108
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$65,779	$68,219	$84,020
Nuclear Engineering	$65,618	$69,535	$83,170
Management Information Systems and Services	$71,440	$70,736	$81,501
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$74,981	$73,707	$80,524
Mechanical Engineering	$68,804	$71,144	$79,178
Engineering, General	NA	$72,727	$77,484
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$74,716	$74,576	$77,352
Materials Engineering	$64,436	$66,541	$75,834
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$62,949	$68,592	$74,006
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$64,736	$63,402	$71,660
Civil Engineering	$63,590	$65,148	$71,209
Accounting and Related Services	$65,425	$64,493	$70,814
Marketing	$55,615	$59,029	$69,334
Agricultural Engineering	$56,190	$61,303	$68,455
Statistics	$63,699	$58,221	$65,851
Economics	$50,008	$54,817	$63,249
Agricultural Business and Management	$49,711	$53,858	$62,420
Mathematics	$44,308	$48,823	$56,775
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$42,675	$43,114	$56,194
Chemistry	$38,970	$44,861	$55,190
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	NA	$38,289	$55,072
Food Science and Technology	$41,877	$45,127	$53,610
Political Science and Government	$35,914	$37,624	$53,204
Architecture	NA	$35,810	$52,428
Communication and Media Studies	$38,661	$40,375	$51,518
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$21,121	$21,508	$50,957
Public Health	$33,283	$40,253	$50,173
Geography and Cartography	$40,269	$31,133	$50,041
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	$29,149	$41,565	$49,599
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$32,802	$35,701	$47,011
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	$36,770	$37,568	$46,602
Design and Applied Arts	$44,353	$41,565	$46,091
Plant Sciences	$37,300	$35,060	$45,945
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$40,390	$39,009	$44,801
Physics	$47,882	$42,309	$44,515
English Language and Literature, General	$33,267	$32,925	$44,012
Journalism	$35,459	$35,546	$42,806
Psychology, General	$29,291	$31,133	$41,846
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$24,883	$32,284	$41,718
Area Studies	$32,224	$35,594	$41,715
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$42,628	$39,880	$41,556
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$31,246	$30,771	$41,073
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	NA	$32,569	$40,829
Systems Science and Theory	$34,950	$25,194	$40,441
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$23,534	$27,181	$39,763
History	$39,482	$31,314	$39,112
Sociology	$32,827	$32,569	$37,897
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	$25,547	$31,495	$37,322
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$28,401	$32,711	$36,934
Animal Sciences	$24,130	$24,112	$34,041
Anthropology	$25,438	$21,703	$33,070
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$19,088	$29,685	$29,790
Agricultural Public Services	NA	$38,289	NA
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NA	$43,240	NA
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$27,412	NA	NA
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$78,673	NA	NA
Special Education and Teaching	$44,023	$44,170	NA
Engineering Mechanics	$67,403	$74,307	NA
Systems Engineering	$61,753	NA	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$35,846	$26,353	NA
Mathematics and Computer Science	$90,339	$103,078	NA
Philosophy	$22,831	$28,598	NA
Research and Experimental Psychology	$28,388	NA	NA
Social Work	$34,974	NA	NA
Dance	$21,801	NA	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$21,928	$18,087	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$20,140	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$144,200	$138,932	$205,343
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$96,177	$95,930	$115,158
Human Resources Management and Services	$87,923	$93,033	$99,026
Taxation	$96,057	$99,404	$96,431
Mechanical Engineering	$87,643	$87,604	$92,498
Engineering-Related Fields	$79,481	$71,015	$81,064
Civil Engineering	$70,772	$71,734	$80,522
Accounting and Related Services	$64,026	$68,013	$79,214
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$52,471	$55,151	$66,779
Architecture	$55,154	$53,839	$61,031
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	NA	$52,941	$57,946
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	$45,399	$44,886	$53,173
Education, General	$56,098	$49,058	$51,005
Library Science and Administration	$43,382	$44,431	$48,554
Social Work	$46,028	$42,761	$48,263
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$32,304	$35,988	$42,424
Music	$22,243	$22,585	$26,890
Animal Sciences	NA	$69,338	NA
Food Science and Technology	$66,703	NA	NA
Plant Sciences	$60,992	NA	NA
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$41,745	NA	NA
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NA	$60,771	NA
Architectural Sciences and Technology	$54,990	NA	NA
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$66,406	NA	NA
Educational Administration and Supervision	NA	$55,512	NA
Special Education and Teaching	$43,202	NA	NA
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$42,991	NA	NA
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$84,314	NA	NA
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$54,577	NA	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$100,444	$103,078	NA
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	NA	$65,905	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	NA	$52,107	NA
Statistics	$86,086	$83,768	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$27,494	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$58,459	NA	NA
Public Health	$42,880	$47,260	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Veterinary Medicine	$83,448	NA	$93,057
Law	$67,633	$74,200	$92,189
Chemistry	$91,983	$69,338	$77,609
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	$58,635	$52,941	$73,052
Music	NA	$38,289	$43,419
Veterinary Medicine	NA	$79,262	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	NA	$134,287	NA
Physics	NA	$56,415	NA

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