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Champaign, IL · Computer science

Computer science at Illinois

Illinois graduates about 583 computer science majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 36th of 691 schools we score for computer science, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 103 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $170,000 four years out, 1.66× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $42 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#36 of 691 for computer science →
Graduates a year5837% of the class
Courses in the catalog103more than 96% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$170,0001.66× the same major nationally
Research in the field$42Ma year, NSF
Admit rate42%whole school
SAT middle 50%1320–1510whole school

Around Illinois

The UIUC Animal Sciences Lab, from the northwest
UIUC animal sciences lab 20081010 experiment6Photo: Experiment6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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
Farm House
Farm House aka Mumford HousePhoto: Sallyajackson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where computer science happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: NCSA Petascale Computing Facility, Computing Applications Building, Mechanical Engineering Lab, Digital Computer Laboratory, Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Engineering Sciences Building, Advanced Computation Building, Grainger Engineering Library, Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering Building.

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 computer science ranking

  1. University of Maryland, College Park 90
  2. University of Southern California 90
  3. Swarthmore College 90
  4. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 89
  5. The University of Texas–Austin 89
  6. University of Virginia 89
  7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 89
  8. Rhode Island School of Design 89

Other strong majors at Illinois

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois with every school we score in computer science. 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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