Advertising at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stacks up to those at other schools.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 222 students received a bachelor's degree in advertising from UIUC.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

UIUC Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks advertising programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The advertising major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
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	29

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in advertising from UIUC. This makes it the #8 most popular school for advertising master’s degree candidates in the country.

Advertising Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 222 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in advertising from UIUC in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at UIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	143
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UIUC Advertising Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a master's degree in advertising from UIUC. About 18% were men and 82% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in advertising. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Communication

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.