University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 93% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 53% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 53% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 28% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.92 on a 5.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• accountancy
• biology
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 3.00
• Sophomore: 3.00
• Junior: 3.00
• Senior: 3.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Two summer sessions, one of four weeks and one of eight weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June and July.

• 42% continue immediately.
• 59% continue within 10 years.

• Law School: 5%
• Medical School: 4%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 22%
• Other: 4%

• Amoco, Arthur Anderson, Dow Chemical, Eli Lilly, General Mills, Kraft Foods, Proctor & Gamble.

• Arnold O. Beckman, inventor and founder, Beckman Instruments; Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Prize-winner for medicine; Roger Ebert, film critic.