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Business & finance at Illinois

Illinois graduates about 1,228 business & finance majors a year, 15% of its graduating class. That puts it 57th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 147 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 75% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $108,000 four years out, 1.39× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#57 of 650 for business & finance →
Graduates a year1,22815% of the class
Courses in the catalog147more than 75% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$108,0001.39× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate42%whole school
SAT middle 50%1320–1510whole school

Around Illinois

Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, IL
Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, ILPhoto: Nick Number · CC BY 4.0 · source
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States (Unsplash SPhoto: Dayne Topkin dtopkin1 · CC0 · source
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Urbana, IL Farm House ** (added 1989 - Building - #89001728) Also known as Mumfo
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Where business & finance happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Business Instructional Facility.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. Washington and Lee University 83
  2. University of California, Los Angeles 83
  3. Texas A&M University 82
  4. Michigan State University 82
  5. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 82
  6. Rutgers University–Newark 82
  7. University of California, Berkeley 82
  8. Wake Forest University 82

Other strong majors at Illinois

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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