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ALL CAMPUS UNDERGRADUATE

2023-2024 REPORT

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Summary of the 2023-2024 Graduating Class

The Illini Success initiative gathers data about the post-graduation pursuits of bachelor’s degree recipients at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This report focuses on the experiences of Illinois students who graduated during the 2023-2024 academic year, including August 2023, December 2023, and May 2024 graduation cohorts.

Post-graduate outcomes were identified for 67% of the graduates. Within the data collected, 90% of reporting graduates had secured a first destination of employment,

additional education, or volunteer/service work within six months of graduation. Sample sizes and knowledge rates vary considerably across colleges and majors. As with all data sets, careful interpretation of the results is encouraged.

Warm congratulations are extended to all the graduates. Much appreciation is extended to those who shared information about their post-graduation endeavors and their stories for this report.

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

67%

knowledge rate of where our graduates have landed

91%

of graduates report participating in experiential learning opportunities while at Illinois

90%

secured a first destination of employment (50%), additional education (40%), or volunteer position (<1%)

46

U.S. states and 17 foreign countries were represented as first destination locations

80%

of Illinois residents secured their first destination within the state of Illinois (69% of graduates overall remain in Illinois)

42%

of graduates who participated in experiential learning opportunities received a full-time job offer as a result

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75K is the average salary reported by employed bachelor's degree graduates

Graduate Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Secured Destination* and Knowledge Rate**	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (5,582)	Number of Graduates 8,341
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation***	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (1,233)	Average Salary (N) $75,373 (1,233)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (574)

*Secured First Destination Rate: The percentage of graduates who indicated a Primary Status of working, enrolling in continuing education, or engaging in volunteer/military service within six months of graduation.
**Knowledge Rate: The percentage of graduates for whom a Primary Status is known, based on survey responses and/or secondary sources.
***Compensation: Median and Average Salaries are calculated from all types of employment, including full-time, part-time, internship, fellowship, etc. The analysis excludes values below the federal minimum wage equivalent for full-time employment and above $500,000. Outliers beyond three standard deviations are also removed before calculating averages and medians. Signing bonuses are not included in salary calculations.

These definitions persist throughout the report. Additional information pertaining to data collection, privacy, and confidentiality, terms and conditions, as well as data analysis and presentation, can be accessed via this link.

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Graduate Outcomes by College

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 78%	Knowledge Rate (N) 95% (676)	Number of Graduates 715
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $61,500 (161)	Average Salary (N) $61,138 (161)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (21)

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College of Applied Health Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (372)	Number of Graduates 616
First Destination	Employed 27%	Continuing Education 65%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $45,000 (19)	Average Salary (N) $44,469 (19)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Gies College of Business

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (733)	Number of Graduates 782
First Destination	Employed 75%	Continuing Education 21%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (288)	Average Salary (N) $76,560 (288)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (203)

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College of Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (112)	Number of Graduates 196
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 18%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $49,500 (24)	Average Salary (N) $49,605 (24)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $2,500 (5)

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (1,271)	Number of Graduates 1,971
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (318)	Average Salary (N) $96,766 (318)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,000 (203)

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College of Fine and Applied Arts

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 49% (216)	Number of Graduates 441
First Destination	Employed 49%	Continuing Education 39%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $59,000 (28)	Average Salary (N) $60,678 (28)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (6)

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School of Information Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 62% (85)	Number of Graduates 138
First Destination	Employed 62%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (21)	Average Salary (N) $81,891 (21)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,250 (15)

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (1,974)	Number of Graduates 3,254
First Destination	Employed 41%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (354)	Average Salary (N) $70,355 (354)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (125)

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College of Media

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 76%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (180)	Number of Graduates 281
First Destination	Employed 64%	Continuing Education 11%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (43)	Average Salary (N) $57,574 (43)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (10)

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School of Social Work

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 77% (55)	Number of Graduates 71
First Destination	Employed 9%	Continuing Education 87%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

Employment

The list below outlines the industries and employers that hired Illinois graduates. For insights into the specific employers who hired graduates from various colleges, please visit the respective college pages.

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Select Industries

Employed more than 100 graduates

Accounting

Banking & Financial Services

Computer Systems Design & Networks

Healthcare Services & Hospitals

Employed more than 60 graduates

Computer & Electronic Products

Consulting

Education, Higher Education

Education, Other

High Tech / Information Technology

Investment & Finance

Employed more than 30 graduates

Advertising, PR & Marketing

Aerospace & Aviation

Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Civil Engineering

Consumer Services & Products

Education, Pre-K - 12 Education

Food & Beverage

Insurance

Manufacturing

Military & Defense

Retail Trade

Utilities and Renewable Energy

Employed more than 10 graduates

Agriculture & Agri-Business

Automotive

Business Services

Chemicals

Communication Services

Construction

Design

Electronics & Electronic Manufacturing

Environment & Natural Resources

Government - Local, State & Federal

Health, Wellness & Fitness

Hotel, Restaurant, & Hospitality

Human Resources

Journalism, Media & Publishing

Legal Services

Medical Devices

Non-Profit/Philanthropy

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceuticals

Real Estate

Research & Science

Social & Human Services

Sports & Leisure

Transportation & Logistics

Employed graduates

Animal & Wildlife

Architecture & Planning

Entrepreneurial/Start-Ups

Fashion & Apparel

International Affairs

Internet

Law Enforcement & Security

Management Consulting

Mining & Metals

Movies, TV, Music

Museums, Historical Sites, & Libraries

Performing and Fine Arts

Plastics & Rubber Products

Politics

Religious Work

Scientific and Technical Consulting

Travel & Tourism

Veterinary

Waste Management

Wholesale Trade

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Select Employers

Employed more than 30 graduates

Amazon

PwC

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Employed more than 20 graduates

Deloitte

KPMG

Employed more than 10 graduates

AbbVie

Capital One

Caterpillar Inc.

Epic Systems

EY

Google

Grainger

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Microsoft

PepsiCo

Procter & Gamble (P&G)

RSM US LLP

Employed more than 5 graduates

Apple

Cargill

Carle Health

City of Chicago SD 299

Crowe LLP

Discover Financial Services

Echo Global Logistics

Eli Lilly and Company

Honeywell

IBM

John Deere

Medline Industries, LP

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Northern Trust

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Northwestern Medicine

Plante Moran

Sargent & Lundy

State Farm Insurance Companies

Synchrony

Tesla

The Boeing Company

UL Solutions

United Airlines

Employed graduates

Abbott

Abercrombie & Kent USA

Accenture

Actalent

Action Behavior Centers

ADM

AGCO Corporation

ALDI

Allstate Insurance Company

American Express

AmeriCorps

Andersen

Ankura

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Aon

Applied Materials

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

AT&T

Atlassian

Baker Tilly

Bank of America

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group

Bectran

Blue Origin

BMO Financial Group

Boeing

Boston Consulting Group

BP

Burns & McDonnell

California Institute of Technology

Cisco

Citibank

Cleo

CNA Insurance

Collins Aerospace

Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Databricks

Deutsche Bank

Digitas

DoorDash

Duly Health and Care

Epsilon

Expedia Group

FDIC

Federal Reserve Board

FedEx

Fidelity Investments

Forbes Functions

Ford Motor Company

Freddie Mac

Gallagher

Garmin

GE Aerospace

GE HealthCare

General Dynamics, Electric Boat

Goldman Sachs

Grant Thornton

HealthScape Advisors

Honda

Illinois Bone and Joint Institute

Illinois State Geological Survey

Intel Corporation

Johnson & Johnson

Juniper Networks

Kerry

Klein Tools

Knapheide

Kodiak Solutions

LG Electronics

MasterCard

Mayo Clinic

McDonald's Corporation

McKinsey & Company

Medtronic

Continuing Education

The list below outlines the graduate and professional school choices of Illinois graduates. For insights into the specific graduate and professional school by colleges, please visit the respective college pages.

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Enrolled more than 900 graduates

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Enrolled more than 30 graduates

Columbia University

Georgia Institute of Technology

University of Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago

Enrolled more than 10 graduates

Carnegie Mellon University

Cornell University

Elmhurst University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Loyola University

New York University

Northwestern University

Rush University

Stanford University

The Chicago School

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, San Diego

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Texas, Austin

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Washington University

Enrolled more than 5 graduates

DePaul University

Duke University

Eastern Illinois University

Illinois State University

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

National Louis University

Northern Illinois University

Purdue University

Saint Xavier University

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Iowa

University of Minnesota

University of Washington, Seattle

Enrolled graduates

Arizona State University

Belmont University

Boston University

Brown University

California Institute of Technology

Campbell University

Colorado State University

George Washington University

Harvard University

Indiana University

Marquette University

Michigan State University

Northeastern University

Pennsylvania State University

Princeton University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rutgers University

San Jose State University

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Stevens Institute of Technology

Syracuse University

Texas A&M University

University of California, Davis

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Florida

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Yale University

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Degree Sought

10%

Doctoral Degree (e.g., Ph.D.)

3%

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1%

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) /Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

4%

Other Doctoral Professional Degree (e.g., D.O.T., D.P.T., D.V.M.)

24%

Master of Science (M.S.)

6%

Master of Accounting Science (M.A.S.)

48%

Other Master's Degree (e.g, M.A., M.Eng., M.S.W.)

4%

Other (e.g., Certificate, Post-Bacc)

Select Area of Study

Enrolled more than 100 graduates

Accountancy

Business & Management

Computer & Information Sciences

Engineering - Computer, Electrical

Health Professions & Sciences

Legal Professions & Studies

Enrolled more than 50 graduates

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Engineering - Aerospace, Materials, Mechanical

Engineering - Civil, Environmental, Industrial

Medicine

Psychology

Social Work

Enrolled more than 25 graduates

Architecture & Landscape Architecture

Data Science & Informatics

Education & Teaching

Engineering - Agricultural, Bio, Chemical

Finance

Human Resources & Labor Relations

Mathematics & Statistics

Physical Sciences

Enrolled more than 15 graduates

Animal Sciences

Community & Public Health

Economics

Engineering - Other

Health Administration

Nursing

Visual & Performing Arts

Veterinary Medicine

Geographic Locations

As shared by 4,142 graduates, the majority of the class (69%) chose a first destination within the state of Illinois, with an additional 30% selecting other U.S. destinations. Some of the most common U.S. destinations outside of Illinois include California, New York, Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington. An additional 1% of graduates indicated a variety of international locations across the world, including India, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, and France.

A geographical map of the USA represents the distribution of graduates across all states.

First Destinations of Illinois Graduates

Alabama:

3
Alaska:

0
Arizona:

16
Arkansas:

6
California:

231
Colorado:

17
Connecticut:

17
Delaware:

2
District of Columbia: 19
Florida:

19
Georgia:

48
Hawaii:

0
Idaho:

0
Illinois:

2,838
Indiana:

42
Iowa:

22
Kansas:

7
Kentucky:

3
Louisiana:

6
Maine:

2
Maryland:

37
Massachusetts:

48
Michigan:

42
Minnesota:

19
Mississippi:

0
Missouri:

54
Montana:

1
Nebraska:

2
Nevada:

4
New Hampshire:

4
New Jersey:

13
New Mexico:

1
New York:

161
North Carolina:

33
North Dakota:

0
Ohio:

29
Oklahoma:

6
Oregon:

10
Pennsylvania:

61
Rhode Island:

5
South Carolina:

5
South Dakota:

1
Tennessee:

14
Texas:

67
Utah:

4
Vermont:

1
Virginia:

28
Washington:

42
West Virginia:

4
Wisconsin:

63
Wyoming:

1
International:

45
U.S. (No state provided): 39

INTERNATIONAL
Australia:

1
Belgium:

1
Canada:

2
China:

4
England:

1
France:

1
Germany:

2
India:

5
Ireland:

1
Malaysia:

4
Mexico:

1
Netherlands:

2
Saudi Arabia:

1
Singapore:

3
South Korea:

8
Switzerland:

1
United Kingdom:

7

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Experiential Learning

Experiential learning activities connect classroom knowledge to the world in which students live and work. These experiences help students explore career and personal interests, develop transferable skills, expand networks and references, and strengthen their portfolios as they prepare to transition beyond their bachelor’s degrees. 91% of graduates reported participating in experiential learning. Here is a snapshot of how they gained experience, as shared by 2,474 graduates.

Experiential Learning Activity	Number of Respondents	Percentage of Respondents
Internships	1,891	76%
Undergraduate Research Projects	667	27%
Assistantships	427	17%
Study Abroad	386	16%
Service learning/volunteering	326	13%
Field experiences/practicums	232	9%
Student teaching	182	7%
I did not complete any of the above	175	7%
Clinical experiences	149	6%
Co-ops	103	4%

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91%

of graduates reported participating in experiential learning

42%

of graduates who participated in experiential learning activities received a full-time offer as a result

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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715

Number of Graduates

78%

Secured First Destination

52%

Employed

25%

Continuing Education

<1%

Volunteer/Service

$61,500 (161)

Median Salary (N)

$61,138 (161)

Average Salary (N)

95%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

FROM PIGS TO PIC: A JOURNEY THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND OPPORTUNITY

Tom Johnson

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Select Employers

AGCO Corporation

Ameriprise Financial

Archer Daniels Midland

Arrive Logistics

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

BMO

Busey Bank

CIBC

Cargill

Carle Health

Champaign County Humane Society

Champaign County Regional Planning Commission

City of Chicago SD 299

Clune Construction Company

Corebridge Financial

Corteva Agriscience

Coyote Logistics

Cunningham Children's Home

Deloitte

Derick Dermatology

Echo Global Logistics

Epic Systems

Equitable Advisors

Expedia Group

F.H. Paschen

Farm Credit Illinois

Fifth Third Bank

Grainger

Illinois High School

Insight Global

John Deere

Kimley-Horn

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lockton

Morgan Stanley

Morningstar, Inc.

NTT Data

Northern Trust Corporation

OSI Group

PAWS Chicago

Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10

PepsiCo

Precision Planting

PwC

Savant Wealth Management

Southern Illinois University

Starbucks

Sterling Wealth Management

Syngenta

Tate & Lyle

Tegus

Turner Construction Company

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vanguard Group

Wells Fargo

Zurich North America

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dominican University

Elmhurst University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Loyola University Chicago

Michigan State University

Midwestern University

New York University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Rush University

The Ohio State University

University of California, Irvine

University of Chicago

University of Georgia

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Kansas

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Virginia Tech University

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (142)	Number of Graduates 262
First Destination	Employed 64%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $65,000 (80)	Average Salary (N) $64,971 (80)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (8)

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Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (38)	Number of Graduates 38
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 8%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (12)	Average Salary (N) $59,042 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Animal Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 78%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (109)	Number of Graduates 114
First Destination	Employed 28%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $45,950 (8)	Average Salary (N) $47,738 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Crop Sciences^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 81%	Knowledge Rate (N) 93% (26)	Number of Graduates 28
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 23%	Volunteer/Service 4%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $81,320 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Agronomy, Computer Science & Crop Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Plant Biotechnology

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, continued

Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (31)	Number of Graduates 58
First Destination	Employed 84%	Continuing Education 13%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $72,750 (12)	Average Salary (N) $76,125 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $4,500 (6)

^Majors Included: Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems, and Technical Systems Management

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Food Science and Human Nutrition^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 81%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (73)	Number of Graduates 76
First Destination	Employed 44%	Continuing Education 37%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (15)	Average Salary (N) $52,067 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Dietetics and Nutrition, Food Science, and Food Science & Human Nutrition

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Human Development and Family Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 62%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (73)	Number of Graduates 76
First Destination	Employed 37%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $42,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $49,063 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 61%	Knowledge Rate (N) 89% (59)	Number of Graduates 66
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 19%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $47,800 (11)	Average Salary (N) $47,571 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

College of Applied Health Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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616

Number of Graduates

91%

Secured First Destination

27%

Employed

65%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$45,000 (19)

Median Salary (N)

$44,469 (19)

Average Salary (N)

60%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

MAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY COUNT: HOW ILLINOIS SHAPED MY PATH IN HEALTHCARE

A young man in a light blue shirt, gray pants, and an orange graduation stole with a blue "I" stands confidently with arms crossed in a grand columned hallway.

Ramiro Ramirez

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Select Employers

Advocate Health

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Big Ten Network

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Cancer Center at Illinois

Carle Health

Chicago Park District

Claro Healthcare

Esperanza Health Centers

Lake Zurich Community Unit School District #95

Northshore University Healthsystem

Northwestern Medicine

Oak Street Health

OneDigital Advanced Health

Optum

Orangetheory Fitness

PepsiCo

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

The Walt Disney Company

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Walgreens

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Arizona State University

Boston University

Clemson University

Columbia University

Emory University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois State University

Indiana State University

Kansas City University

Lewis University

Lincoln Memorial University

Loyola University Chicago

Medical University of South Carolina

Midwestern University

Missouri State University

North Central College

Northeastern University

Northern Illinois University

Northwestern University

Roosevelt University

Rosalind Franklin University

Rush University

Saint Louis University

Saint Xavier University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

University of Arkansas

University of Colorado Denver

University of Florida

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Texas at Austin

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Washington University in St. Louis

Western Illinois University

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College of Applied Health Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Community Health

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (77)	Number of Graduates 131
First Destination	Employed 43%	Continuing Education 52%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $49,000 (10)	Average Salary (N) $50,550 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (95)	Number of Graduates 148
First Destination	Employed 24%	Continuing Education 60%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $40,000 (9)	Average Salary (N) $41,556 (9)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Kinesiology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (101)	Number of Graduates 186
First Destination	Employed 19%	Continuing Education 74%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (45)	Number of Graduates 84
First Destination	Employed 51%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $45,000 (9)	Average Salary (N) $41,824 (9)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Speech and Hearing Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 81% (55)	Number of Graduates 68
First Destination	Employed 5%	Continuing Education 91%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

Gies College of Business

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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782

Number of Graduates

96%

Secured First Destination

75%

Employed

21%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$75,000 (288)

Median Salary (N)

$76,560 (288)

Average Salary (N)

94%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

FROM GUIDING FUTURE GIES STUDENTS TO SOLVING REAL-WORLD BUSINESS CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE

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Karina Los

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Select Employers

AbbVie

Abbott

AlixPartners

Amazon

American Express

Andersen Tax

Aon

Archer Daniels Midland

Baird

Baker Tilly

Bank of America

Barclays

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Capital One

CDW

CIBC

CNA Insurance

Chubb

Deloitte

Discover Financial Services

Dyson

EY

Epic Systems

Epsilon

Flexport

Fresenius Kabi

GE Healthcare

Gallagher

Goldman Sachs

Grainger

Grant Thornton

Guggenheim Partners

HKA

HealthScape Advisors

Houlihan Lokey

IBM

Interactive Brokers

KEYENCE Corporation of America

KPMG

Kearney

Kraft Heinz Company

Lincoln International

McDonald's Corporation

McKinsey & Company

Medline Industries

Morgan Stanley

Northern Trust Corporation

PepsiCo

Perella Weinberg Partners

Plante Moran

Protiviti

PwC

S&P Global

Siemens

Synchrony Financial

United Airlines

West Monroe

Whirlpool Corporation

Zurich North America

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Duke University

Indiana University Bloomington

New York University

Northwestern University

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Chicago

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of West Florida

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Gies College of Business: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Accountancy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 97% (257)	Number of Graduates 264
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 43%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $77,000 (90)	Average Salary (N) $78,477 (90)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $3,500 (61)

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Finance

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 93% (276)	Number of Graduates 297
First Destination	Employed 84%	Continuing Education 12%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (122)	Average Salary (N) $82,070 (122)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (97)

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Information Systems & Information Technology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 98% (181)	Number of Graduates 185
First Destination	Employed 88%	Continuing Education 7%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $78,250 (90)	Average Salary (N) $77,189 (90)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (61)

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Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 91% (39)	Number of Graduates 43
First Destination	Employed 87%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (15)	Average Salary (N) $72,427 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (8)

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Marketing

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 92% (151)	Number of Graduates 164
First Destination	Employed 83%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (64)	Average Salary (N) $69,136 (64)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (39)

Gies College of Business, continued

Operations Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (15)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination	Employed 73%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $65,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $67,667 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Others^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (3)	Number of Graduates 3
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Accountancy + Data Science and Finance + Data Science

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 92% (23)	Number of Graduates 25
First Destination	Employed 74%	Continuing Education 22%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $79,500 (12)	Average Salary (N) $73,208 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,750 (10)

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Supply Chain Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (55)	Number of Graduates 57
First Destination	Employed 91%	Continuing Education 5%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $74,000 (24)	Average Salary (N) $73,598 (24)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (17)

College of Education

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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196

Number of Graduates

94%

Secured First Destination

76%

Employed

18%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$49,500 (24)

Median Salary (N)

$49,605 (24)

Average Salary (N)

57%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

BUILDING A CAREER IN WORKPLACE TRAINING: EMBRACING UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITIES AND GROWTH

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Shelby Oertel

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Alight Solutions

Aurora West Unit School District 129

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School

Champaign Unit 4 School District

Chicago Public Schools

Comm Cons School District 59

Community Consolidated School District 62

Community Unit School District 200

Danville School District 118

Deerfield School District 109

East Maine School District 63

Glen Ellyn School District 41

Juno Search Partners

Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95

Maine West High School

Naperville Community Unit School District 203

North DuPage Special Education Cooperative

Rantoul City School District 137

Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54

Schaumburg School District 54

Township High School District 214

Urbana School District 116

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Columbia University

Elmhurst University

Northeastern Illinois University

Northwestern University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Notre Dame

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College of Education: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Computer Science + Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Early Childhood Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 68% (13)	Number of Graduates 19
First Destination	Employed 38%	Continuing Education 62%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Elementary Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (51)	Number of Graduates 95
First Destination	Employed 82%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $48,250 (14)	Average Salary (N) $50,094 (14)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Learning and Education Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 71%	Knowledge Rate (N) 78% (7)	Number of Graduates 9
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Middle Grades Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 43% (17)	Number of Graduates 40
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 24%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $48,380 (11)	Average Salary (N) $50,201 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Special Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 72% (23)	Number of Graduates 32
First Destination	Employed 91%	Continuing Education 4%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $51,800 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

The Grainger College of Engineering

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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1,971

Number of Graduates

94%

Secured First Destination

52%

Employed

42%

Continuing Education

<1%

Volunteer/Service

$85,500 (318)

Median Salary (N)

$96,766 (318)

Average Salary (N)

64%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

BRINGING IDEAS TO LIFE THROUGH ENGINEERING, MENTORSHIP, AND IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY

John Wolf

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AECOM

AbbVie

Abbott

Accenture

AlixPartners

Amazon

American Express

Analog Devices Inc.

Applied Materials

AstraZeneca

Atlassian

BP

Baker Tilly

Blue Origin

Brunswick Corporation

Burns & McDonnell

CME Group

Capital One

Carrier

Deloitte

Discover Financial Services

Ecolab

Epic Systems

Ford Motor Company

GE Aerospace

GEICO

Genentech

General Electric

Honeywell

IBM

IMC Trading

John Deere

KPMG

Lockheed Martin

McDonald's Corporation

McKinsey & Company

Medtronic

Microsoft

Morgan Stanley

Netflix

Oracle

Palo Alto Networks

PwC

Qualcomm

Siemens

SpaceX

Target

Tesla

Uber

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

American University

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Duke University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michigan State University

New York University

North Carolina State University

Northwestern University

Princeton University

Purdue University

Rice University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Stanford University

Texas A&M University

University of Arkansas

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Chicago

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Yale University

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The Grainger College of Engineering: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Aerospace Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (93)	Number of Graduates 141
First Destination	Employed 56%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (19)	Average Salary (N) $84,974 (19)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (10)

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Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 80% (12)	Number of Graduates 15
First Destination	Employed 75%	Continuing Education 17%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,500 (6)	Average Salary (N) $81,733 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Bioengineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 74% (55)	Number of Graduates 74
First Destination	Employed 53%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 2%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $74,250 (15)	Average Salary (N) $75,035 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (12)

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Civil & Environmental Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (107)	Number of Graduates 189
First Destination	Employed 49%	Continuing Education 49%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $72,800 (30)	Average Salary (N) $72,451 (30)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $2,500 (16)

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Computer Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (271)	Number of Graduates 383
First Destination	Employed 46%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $95,000 (77)	Average Salary (N) $103,222 (77)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (57)

The Grainger College of Engineering, continued

Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (233)	Number of Graduates 346
First Destination	Employed 61%	Continuing Education 36%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $130,000 (62)	Average Salary (N) $138,881 (62)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $20,000 (48)

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Electrical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 65% (151)	Number of Graduates 233
First Destination	Employed 45%	Continuing Education 47%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $84,250 (35)	Average Salary (N) $90,115 (35)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (16)

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Engineering Mechanics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 80% (16)	Number of Graduates 20
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $76,500 (8)	Average Salary (N) $77,063 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Engineering Physics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (56)	Number of Graduates 95
First Destination	Employed 23%	Continuing Education 70%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $83,500 (15)	Average Salary (N) $89,833 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Industrial Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (45)	Number of Graduates 77
First Destination	Employed 87%	Continuing Education 13%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $84,500 (18)	Average Salary (N) $93,479 (18)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (13)

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Materials Science & Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 68% (44)	Number of Graduates 65
First Destination	Employed 41%	Continuing Education 55%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,000 (11)	Average Salary (N) $83,636 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $8,750 (8)

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Mechanical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 99%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (142)	Number of Graduates 268
First Destination	Employed 58%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (31)	Average Salary (N) $81,635 (31)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (16)

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Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 77% (24)	Number of Graduates 31
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 54%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $84,500 (5)	Average Salary (N) $87,000 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Systems Engineering and Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (40)	Number of Graduates 58
First Destination	Employed 70%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (9)	Average Salary (N) $93,778 (9)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (6)

College of Fine and Applied Arts

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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441

Number of Graduates

88%

Secured First Destination

49%

Employed

39%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$59,000 (28)

Median Salary (N)

$60,678 (28)

Average Salary (N)

49%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

GUIDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS WITH CREATIVITY AND CARE

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Victoria Grullon

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Select Employers

AbbVie

CNA Insurance

Capital One

Chicago Public Schools

Dauphin County Library System

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Kimley-Horn

Sargent & Lundy

The Walt Disney Company

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana School District 116

Workday

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Columbia University

Cornell University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Northwestern University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Miami

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Washington University in St. Louis

Yale University

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College of Fine and Applied Arts: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Architectural Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (57)	Number of Graduates 96
First Destination	Employed 19%	Continuing Education 77%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Art^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (8)	Number of Graduates 14
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Art, Art History, and Art Education

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Graphic Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 80%	Knowledge Rate (N) 41% (25)	Number of Graduates 61
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 16%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $56,500 (10)	Average Salary (N) $65,670 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Industrial Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 80%	Knowledge Rate (N) 25% (10)	Number of Graduates 40
First Destination	Employed 40%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Landscape Architecture

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 71%	Knowledge Rate (N) 78% (14)	Number of Graduates 18
First Destination	Employed 57%	Continuing Education 14%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

College of Fine and Applied Arts, continued

Music and Music Composition^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 51% (35)	Number of Graduates 69
First Destination	Employed 66%	Continuing Education 29%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $61,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $53,200 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Computer Science & Music, Music, Music Composition, Music Education and Open Studies

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Performing and Studio Arts^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 79%	Knowledge Rate (N) 45% (24)	Number of Graduates 53
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $63,429 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Dance, Instrumental Music, Jazz Performance, Painting, Photography, Studio Art, and Voice

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Sustainable Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 44% (12)	Number of Graduates 27
First Destination	Employed 67%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Theatre^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 76%	Knowledge Rate (N) 42% (21)	Number of Graduates 50
First Destination	Employed 67%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Lyric Theatre, and Theatre

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Urban and Regional Planning

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (15)	Number of Graduates 24
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 60%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

School of Information Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

,

138

Number of Graduates

95%

Secured First Destination

62%

Employed

33%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$85,000 (21)

Median Salary (N)

$81,891 (21)

Average Salary (N)

62%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

BLENDING INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING WITH PERSEVERANCE TO SECURE A FULL-TIME ROLE

Aakanksha Singhavi

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Select Employers

AbbVie

Advaiya Solutions, Inc

AGCO Corporation

Amazon

AMD

bp

Bunzl Distribution

cabi Clothing

Caterpillar Inc.

Codédex

ComEd

CVS Health

Deloitte

Discover Financial Services

Flex-N-Gate

Google, Inc.

John Deere

KPMG

National Journal

Protiviti

PwC

Shell

Stacked

Tetra Tech

Twitch

US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

US Foods

US Navy

Workday

Zeno Group

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Harvard University

Loyola University Chicago

Northeastern University

University of Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin, Madison

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School of Information Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Information Sciences^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate(N) 62% (85)	Number of Graduates 138
First Destination	Employed 62%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (21)	Average Salary (N) $81,891 (21)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,250 (15)

^Majors Included: Information Sciences, and Information Sciences & Data Science

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

,

3,254

Number of Graduates

90%

Secured First Destination

41%

Employed

48%

Continuing Education

<1%

Volunteer/Service

$70,000 (354)

Median Salary (N)

$70,355 (354)

Average Salary (N)

61%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

EXPLORE FEARLESSLY, GET INVOLVED, AND EMBRACE LEARNING—YOUR PATH WILL COME TOGETHER

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Natalie Jakubczak

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Select Employers

AbbVie

Accenture

AmeriCorps

Amazon

Argonne National Laboratory

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

AT&T

Bain & Company

Blue Cross Blue Shield

California Institute of Technology

Capital One

Carle Health

CDW

Chicago Public Schools

Citibank

Clune Construction Company

CME Group

ComEd

CVS Health

Databricks

Deloitte

Derick Dermatology

Discover Financial Services

Echo Global Logistics

Epic Systems

Expedia Group

EY

Fidelity Investments

General Mills

Goldman Sachs

Grainger

Guardian Angel Community Services

HealthScape Advisors

Honeywell

Hormel Foods

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

IBM

Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory

Jump Trading

KPMG

Kraft Heinz Company

LG Electronics

Lighthouse Autism Center

Mastercard

Microsoft

Morningstar

National Immigrant Justice Center

Navistar

Northwestern Medicine

Office of the Governor, Illinois

PAWS Chicago

Patel Law

PepsiCo

Prudential Financial

PwC

Shedd Aquarium

Synchrony Financial

Teach for America

United Airlines

Willis Towers Watson

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

American University

Arizona State University

Boston College

Brown University

Carnegie Mellon University

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Colorado State University

Columbia University

Cornell University

DePaul University

Duke University

George Washington University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Harvard University

Illinois College of Optometry

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Loyola University Chicago

Marquette University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Michigan State University

National Louis University

New York University

Northern Illinois University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rice University

Rosalind Franklind University

Rush University

Stanford University

Syracuse University

Texas A&M University

The Ohio State University

University of Arizona

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of Chicago

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Georgia

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Virginia Tech University

Washington University in St. Louis

Yale University

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Actuarial Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (53)	Number of Graduates 55
First Destination	Employed 79%	Continuing Education 17%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $79,500 (10)	Average Salary (N) $79,041 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (8)

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Anthropology^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (21)	Number of Graduates 40
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $54,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $61,333 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Anthropology and Computer Science and Anthropology

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Astronomy and Physics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 76%	Knowledge Rate (N) 56% (24)	Number of Graduates 61
First Destination	Employed 24%	Continuing Education 53%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $57,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $63,580 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science & Astronomy, and Physics

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Biochemistry

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 73% (33)	Number of Graduates 45
First Destination	Employed 30%	Continuing Education 58%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $54,500 (6)	Average Salary (N) $54,000 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Brain and Cognitive Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (12)	Number of Graduates 17
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Chemical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 75% (109)	Number of Graduates 145
First Destination	Employed 77%	Continuing Education 18%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (71)	Average Salary (N) $83,283 (71)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (11)

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Chemistry^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (68)	Number of Graduates 118
First Destination	Employed 43%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (16)	Average Salary (N) $65,373 (16)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,000 (5)

^Majors Included: Chemistry and Computer Science & Chemistry

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Communication

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 86%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (118)	Number of Graduates 224
First Destination	Employed 53%	Continuing Education 34%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $54,812 (22)	Average Salary (N) $55,394 (26)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5)

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Computer Science and Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 84% (48)	Number of Graduates 57
First Destination	Employed 58%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $100,000 (17)	Average Salary (N) $97,029 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (14)

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Earth Sciences^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 62% (21)	Number of Graduates 34
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 67%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Atmospheric Sciences and Geology

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Earth, Society and Environment Sustainability

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 74%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (35)	Number of Graduates 53
First Destination	Employed 43%	Continuing Education 31%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $42,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $46,114 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 79%	Knowledge Rate (N) 76% (56)	Number of Graduates 74
First Destination	Employed 38%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (14)	Average Salary (N) $72,071 (14)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (7)

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Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 80%	Knowledge Rate (N) 72% (184)	Number of Graduates 255
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $68,500 (38)	Average Salary (N) $72,942 (38)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (22)

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English^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (66)	Number of Graduates 121
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (13)	Average Salary (N) $57,385 (13)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Creative Writing, English, and Classics

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Geography and Geographic Information Science^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 73%	Knowledge Rate (N) 76% (22)	Number of Graduates 29
First Destination	Employed 32%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $66,280 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Geography and Geographic Information Science and Computer Science + Geography & GIS

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Global Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 77%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (22)	Number of Graduates 35
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 27%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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History^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 47% (45)	Number of Graduates 95
First Destination	Employed 56%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $52,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $53,437 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: History and History of Art

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Integrative Biology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (95)	Number of Graduates 177
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 60%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $41,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $49,000 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Linguistics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Success Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (36)	Number of Graduates 51
First Destination	Employed 53%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 3%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $90,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $76,571 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Computer Science + Linguistics, Linguistics and Linguistics and Teaching ESL

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Literature, Languages and Cultures^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (61)	Number of Graduates 101
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 34%	Volunteer/Service 2%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $42,085 (11)	Average Salary (N) $48,862 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: African American Studies, Comparative and World Literature, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French, Gender and Women's Studies, Germanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, Religion, Slavic Studies, Spanish, Teaching of German and Teaching of Spanish

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Math and Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 77% (64)	Number of Graduates 83
First Destination	Employed 31%	Continuing Education 63%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $82,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $117,500 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $15,000 (11)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Mathematics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 70% (91)	Number of Graduates 131
First Destination	Employed 22%	Continuing Education 73%	Volunteer/Service 1%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $68,500 (12)	Average Salary (N) $85,416 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $12,500 (8)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Molecular and Cellular Biology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 86%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (155)	Number of Graduates 282
First Destination	Employed 32%	Continuing Education 54%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $45,000 (18)	Average Salary (N) $46,656 (18)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Philosophy^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 49% (21)	Number of Graduates 43
First Destination	Employed 48%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $101,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $108,383 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors Included: Philosophy and Computer Science and Philosophy

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Political Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (161)	Number of Graduates 273
First Destination	Employed 40%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (23)	Average Salary (N) $59,223 (23)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Psychology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Success Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (361)	Number of Graduates 637
First Destination	Employed 32%	Continuing Education 59%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (30)	Average Salary (N) $50,685 (32)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $1,500 (6)

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Sociology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (30)	Number of Graduates 60
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 57%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $45,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $45,100 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Statistics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (147)	Number of Graduates 213
First Destination	Employed 28%	Continuing Education 63%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (24)	Average Salary (N) $80,622 (24)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $9,000 (15)

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Statistics and Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 99%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (75)	Number of Graduates 108
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 65%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $132,500 (12)	Average Salary (N) $153,500 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $15,000 (10)

College of Media

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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281

Number of Graduates

76%

Secured First Destination

64%

Employed

11%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$55,000 (43)

Median Salary (N)

$57,547 (43)

Average Salary (N)

64%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

BRIDGING JOURNALISM AND ADVOCACY TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE

A young man in a light blue shirt and orange graduation stole with a blue "I" smiles confidently in front of a stone building.

Shawn Sloan

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Adler Marketing

Advocate Health – Aurora

Amazon

AmTrust Financial

ANA Educational Foundation

Ankura

Atlassian

Avoq

Baidu

Big Ten Network

CDW

Cancer Center at Illinois

Cisco

Cognitus

Digitas

DISH Network

Epsilon

Evergreen Roadworks

Faire Studio

Forbes Functions

Greentarget

GroupM

HH Global

Illini Media Group

John Deere

Kargo

Klaviyo

Krantz Strategies

League Global

LG Electronics

Marcel Digital

Merge Design + Interactive

Morningstar, Inc.

NBCUniversal

Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc.

PepsiCo

Razorfish

Res Publica Group

Spark Foundry

State Farm Insurance Companies

Synchrony

Teads

Team One

The Libman Company

The Trade Desk

The Walt Disney Company

WCIA

WITI - FOX6

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Boston University

Columbia College Chicago

DePaul University

Loyola University Chicago

National University of Singapore

Northwestern University

Providence College

Syracuse University

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Southern California

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College of Media: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Advertising

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 74%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (127)	Number of Graduates 192
First Destination	Employed 65%	Continuing Education 9%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (33)	Average Salary (N) $55,740 (33)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $4,000 (8)

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Computer Science and Advertising

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (10)	Number of Graduates 17
First Destination	Employed 80%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $115,875 (8)	Average Salary (N) $119,594 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $22,500 (5)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Journalism

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 83%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (23)	Number of Graduates 36
First Destination	Employed 70%	Continuing Education 13%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $47,250 (7)	Average Salary (N) $43,493 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Media and Cinema Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 70%	Knowledge Rate (N) 56% (20)	Number of Graduates 36
First Destination	Employed 45%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

School of Social Work

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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71

Number of Graduates

96%

Secured First Destination

9%

Employed

87%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

77%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

NAVIGATING THE PATH OF SOCIAL WORK: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND ADVOCACY

Ailayna Gaffney

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Ascension Saint Francis

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Well Experience

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Aurora University

Loyola University Chicago

University of Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Tennessee

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School of Social Work: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Social Work

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 77% (55)	Number of Graduates 71
First Destination	Employed 9%	Continuing Education 87%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation*	Median Salary (N) $40,500 (8)	Average Salary (N) $40,125 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with 2022-2023 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

Methods

Information pertaining to data collection, privacy and confidentiality, terms and conditions, as well as data analysis and presentation, can be accessed via this link.

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Sources of Data

Post-graduate outcomes were identified for 67% of the 2023-2024 graduates. As can be seen in Table 1, 33% of outcomes were reported directly by graduates through survey responses, while the remaining 35% were identified from secondary sources. Knowledge rates vary considerably across colleges and majors. Throughout the report, sample size and knowledge rates are reported to help make appropriate use of the data. As with all data sets, careful interpretation of the results is encouraged.

Table 1: Sources of Graduates Outcomes Data

Graduate Outcomes Source	Number of Graduates	Percentage of Graduates
Primary Source	2,733	33%
Survey	2,618	31%
Survey + Secondary Source	115	1%
Secondary Source	2,881	35%
National Student Clearinghouse	1,405	17%
College Report	646	8%
Social Media	830	10%
Total Knowledge Rate	5,614	67%
No Response	2,727	33%

Data was collected for six months past the May 2024 graduation date, closing data collection in mid-November 2024. For August and December 2023 graduates, data was accepted through mid-November 2024, but there was not a rigorous pursuit of responses after their initial six-month time periods. Graduate numbers and knowledge rates by cohort can be seen in Table 2.

Table 2: Numbers of Graduates and Knowledge Rates by Graduate Cohort

Graduation Cohort	Number of Graduates	Number of Respondents	Knowledge Rate by Cohort*	Percent of Total Graduates*	Percent of Total Knowledge Rate*
August 2023	485	242	50%	6%	4%
December 2023	1,225	839	68%	15%	15%
May 2024	6,631	4,533	68%	79%	81%
Total	8,341	5,614

*Knowledge Rate by Cohort = Number of Respondents/ Number of Graduates

*Percent of Total Graduates = Number of Graduates / Total Number of Graduates

*Percent of Total Knowledge Rate = Number of Respondents/ Total Number of Respondents

2023 - 2024 Annual Report

Summary of the 2023-2024 Graduating Class

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Graduate Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Outcomes by College

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

College of Applied Health Sciences

Gies College of Business

College of Education

The Grainger College of Engineering

College of Fine and Applied Arts

School of Information Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Media

School of Social Work

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First Destinations of Illinois Graduates

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication

Animal Sciences

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Food Science and Human Nutrition^

Human Development and Family Studies

Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

College of Applied Health Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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College of Applied Health Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Community Health

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Kinesiology

Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Speech and Hearing Science

Gies College of Business

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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Gies College of Business: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Accountancy

Finance

Information Systems & Information Technology

Management

Marketing

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Operations Management

Others^

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Supply Chain Management

College of Education

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College of Education: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Computer Science + Education

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

Learning and Education Studies

Middle Grades Education

Special Education

The Grainger College of Engineering

Outcomes for Bachelor Degree Recipients

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