University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign College of Education

Education School Admissions

Application

Director of admissions Violet J. Harris
Application deadline N/A
Application fee $90

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education
TOEFL

TOEFL required for international students Yes
Minimum TOEFL score required 550 paper test
79 internet-based test

Post-baccalaureate certificate programs

Applications 253
Acceptance rate 95.3%
Enrollment 115 part-time
Test requirements Neither GRE or MAT scores are considered or required for any of the programs

Master’s programs

Applications 506
Acceptance rate 78.5%
Enrollment 119 full-time
420 part-time
Test requirements GRE scores are considered or required for some or all of the programs

Education Specialist programs

Applications N/A
Acceptance rate N/A
Enrollment N/A
Test requirements N/A

Ph.D./Ed.D. programs

Applications 295
Acceptance rate 36.3%
Enrollment 326 full-time
183 part-time
Test requirements GRE scores are considered or required for some or all of the programs

Education School Academics

Degree and Program Offerings

Degree programs offered bachelor’s, post-baccalaureate certificate, master’s, Ph.D., Ed.D.
(11)
Categories of study offered to master’s students teaching track, administration track, research/policy track, other
Categories of study offered to education specialist students N/A
Any programs in education offered off campus Yes
Any programs in education offered through distance education Yes

Program Specialization
100.0 percent of students reported specialty information. Totals may exceed 100% due to students with multiple specialities.

education administration and supervision 13%
student counseling and personnel services 2%
curriculum and instruction 17%
educational evaluation, research, and statistics 2%
social and philosophical foundations of education 19%
education policy 12%
educational technology 5%
educational psychology 12%
elementary teacher education 3%
higher education administration 6%
junior high/intermediate/middle school teacher education 8%
secondary teacher education 4%
special education 6%
other 25%

Graduates (2010)

Certificate program graduates 210
Master’s program graduates 331
Education specialist program graduates N/A
Doctoral program graduates 72

Faculty Resources

Full-time faculty 88
Part-time faculty 0
Full-time faculty with doctoral degrees 97%
Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who received awards or were editors of educational journals during 2009 and 2010 63.6%

Research Expenditures (2009-2010)

Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions) $15.0
Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty engaged in externally funded research 59.3%

Education School Ranking

Education Ranking Scores

Score 70
Peer assessment score (out of 5) 4.1
Superintendent assessment score (out of 5) 4.3
Average GRE verbal score, entering doctoral students 521 – Medium
Average GRE quantitative score, entering doctoral students 671 – High
Doctoral programs acceptance rate 36.3% – Medium
Ratio of doctoral degrees granted to full-time faculty 0.8:1 – Medium
Student-faculty ratio 4.4:1 – High
Average amount of externally funded research expenditure per faculty member (in thousands) $164.6
Total amount of externally funded research conducted by the school (in millions) $15.0