Facts & Rankings

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A quick look at what makes Illinois one of the top public universities in the country.

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A Campus Full of Possibility

35,000+ undergraduate students

Students from 47 states and 124 countries

150+ majors across 11 academic communities

1,000+ student clubs and organizations

300+ study abroad programs in 50+ countries

21 Division I Big Ten sports teams

19:1 student-to-faculty ratio

About Illinois

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Rankings & Recognition

#12 public university in the U.S.

#1 return on investment in the Big Ten

5-star university for quality and affordability

#13 college town in the U.S.

Top producer of Fulbright students

National leader in research and innovation

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Belonging at Illinois

20,500+ students of color on campus

30+ cultural and support centers

Nearly 100 cultural student organizations

Inclusive spaces and communities across campus

Inclusion & Belonging

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Research & Innovation

175+ research centers and institutes

41% of undergraduates participate in research

100+ companies at Research Park

Hundreds of student startup and entrepreneurship opportunities

Research at Illinois

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Illini Success

20,000+ employers recruit Illini each year

96 Fortune 100 companies recruit on campus

500,000+ living alumni worldwide

Among the highest mid-career salaries in the Big Ten

Illinois Outcomes

Nobel Prize medal won by chemistry professor Paul Lauterbur and physicist Sir Peter Mansfield, for their work creating the first human MRI

Awards & Accolades

29 Pulitzer Prize winners

25 Nobel Prize winners

20+ Guggenheim Fellows in the last decade

Recognized nationally for accessibility and inclusion

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