Math & statistics at Illinois
Illinois graduates about 471 math & statistics majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 52nd of 697 schools we score for math & statistics, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 66 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 79% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $98,000 four years out, 1.14× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Illinois
Where math & statistics happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Sciences Building, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Siebel Center for Computer Science, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Meat Science Lab, Plant Sciences Laboratory and Greenhouse, Animal Sciences Laboratory, Speech and Hearing Science Building, Materials Science & Engineering Building, Medical Sciences Building, Chemical & Life Sciences Building B & C.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.
Nearby in the math & statistics ranking
Other strong majors at Illinois
- Engineering (all) 90 · #27
- Communications & media 90 · #17
- Computer science 89 · #36
- Political science & IR 83 · #71
- Physics & astronomy 83 · #63
- Chemistry & biochem 82 · #61
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois with every school we score in math & statistics. 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.