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Section 1: Enrollment Trends Section 2: Demographic Characteristics of Students Section 3: Admission Profile of New Students Section 4: Resident Student Statistics Section 5: Degree Recipients Section 6: Student Financial Aid & University Finances Section 7: Faculty & Staff Statistics Section 8: Other University Statistics Section 9: Retention and Graduation Rates

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Table 2-1: Racial Distribution by College Table 2-2: Gender Distribution by College Table 2-3: Gender Distribution by Level Table 2-4: Gender Distribution by College by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-5: Undergraduate Enrollment by Age Table 2-6: Age Distribution by College Table 2-7: Race/Ethnicity by Gender by Age Distribution Table 2-8: Current Residence by College Table 2-9: Geographic Origins of Undergraduate Full Time Students Table 2-10: Undergraduate Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-11: Graduate Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-12: Law Student Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-13: Demographic Profile by Level
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Table 2-8
Current Residence* Percent of Total College
Fall 2015/16 - Fall 2019/20

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20152016201720182019

Undergraduate
Business
Suburban54.3%52.4%53.8%54.9%57.5%
Chicago24.9%25.6%24.2%24.1%25.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.4%1.7%1.8%1.9%1.6%
Out-of-State16.7%16.4%16.3%15.9%13.6%
Out-of-Country0.8%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.6%
Unknown1.7%3.2%3.1%2.8%1.0%

Communication
Suburban43.0%42.5%42.0%43.2%43.6%
Chicago25.8%25.6%24.8%23.8%23.8%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.3%2.2%2.2%2.2%2.0%
Out-of-State27.3%27.8%29.2%29.0%29.8%
Out-of-Country0.4%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.2%
Unknown1.1%1.4%1.5%1.5%0.6%

Computing & Digital Media
Suburban45.3%46.0%45.5%46.7%45.7%
Chicago26.8%26.1%26.0%24.2%26.2%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.9%2.1%2.0%2.6%2.1%
Out-of-State22.2%22.6%23.2%23.5%24.4%
Out-of-Country0.4%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.5%
Unknown3.3%2.9%3.0%2.8%0.9%

Education
Suburban49.8%50.2%51.3%55.3%53.4%
Chicago34.7%35.2%32.5%31.9%33.3%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.2%1.6%1.4%1.1%1.5%
Out-of-State14.0%12.0%14.7%11.3%11.7%
Out-of-Country0.2%0.2%
Unknown0.3%0.9%0.2%0.4%

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Suburban40.1%39.7%39.1%38.0%34.9%
Chicago32.0%31.0%29.9%28.9%29.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.2%2.8%2.2%2.7%2.9%
Out-of-State23.8%24.7%27.1%29.1%32.1%
Out-of-Country0.3%0.5%0.3%0.1%0.2%
Unknown1.5%1.4%1.4%1.2%0.2%

Music
Suburban30.2%32.0%34.6%39.1%36.2%
Chicago24.5%27.9%25.1%19.1%21.0%
Elsewhere in Illinois4.1%3.7%2.6%3.9%4.5%
Out-of-State41.2%36.1%36.8%36.1%36.6%
Out-of-Country0.9%1.3%
Unknown0.5%0.9%0.9%0.4%

School of Cont & Prof Studies
Suburban45.7%45.1%46.5%44.3%47.1%
Chicago42.3%45.6%44.0%45.4%45.0%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.5%1.4%1.1%1.2%0.9%
Out-of-State7.6%7.6%8.3%8.6%6.8%
Out-of-Country1.7%0.1%0.1%0.4%0.2%
Unknown1.2%0.3%

Science & Health
Suburban44.1%41.1%41.2%42.4%44.8%
Chicago33.7%34.7%33.7%31.7%30.6%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.7%2.6%2.3%2.6%2.2%
Out-of-State18.6%20.3%21.3%22.3%21.7%
Out-of-Country0.0%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.3%
Unknown0.9%1.3%1.4%0.8%0.4%

Theatre
Suburban13.8%13.6%11.0%13.0%12.2%
Chicago30.2%32.1%31.2%27.5%23.8%
Elsewhere in Illinois0.9%1.5%2.3%1.5%1.4%
Out-of-State54.2%51.9%54.9%56.8%61.2%
Out-of-Country0.3%0.8%
Unknown0.6%0.9%0.6%1.2%0.6%

Undergraduate Total
Suburban45.8%44.8%45.1%45.7%46.1%
Chicago29.6%29.9%28.6%27.4%27.9%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.0%2.1%2.0%2.3%2.0%
Out-of-State20.4%20.8%21.9%22.6%22.9%
Out-of-Country0.5%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.4%
Unknown1.6%2.0%2.0%1.8%0.6%

Graduate
Business
Suburban32.4%34.4%35.4%35.6%36.2%
Chicago46.0%44.1%43.8%46.2%50.9%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.2%1.2%1.4%1.4%1.0%
Out-of-State3.3%4.6%5.7%6.5%7.2%
Out-of-Country3.8%1.6%2.6%3.2%2.9%
Unknown13.4%14.0%11.2%7.1%1.8%

Communication
Suburban25.1%26.6%30.0%27.3%23.7%
Chicago57.5%57.6%51.1%50.3%64.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.8%2.2%3.2%5.0%3.2%
Out-of-State10.8%10.3%11.6%13.7%8.3%
Out-of-Country0.6%0.5%0.5%0.6%
Unknown4.2%2.7%3.7%3.1%

Computing & Digital Media
Suburban28.1%28.6%29.9%31.4%31.4%
Chicago43.9%42.2%43.4%45.4%47.8%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.4%1.3%1.4%1.5%1.4%
Out-of-State19.2%17.4%15.3%15.3%17.0%
Out-of-Country0.5%0.4%0.4%0.3%1.0%
Unknown6.9%10.3%9.5%6.1%1.4%

Education
Suburban28.0%30.3%31.6%32.1%32.2%
Chicago63.7%63.1%60.7%60.0%60.6%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.8%1.3%1.1%1.1%1.4%
Out-of-State5.1%3.7%4.7%5.6%5.0%
Out-of-Country0.1%0.4%
Unknown1.3%1.6%1.9%1.3%0.4%

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Suburban27.4%27.9%27.1%25.3%25.7%
Chicago59.6%56.8%60.7%63.0%60.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.8%1.1%1.5%1.8%2.1%
Out-of-State9.0%11.3%9.0%8.2%11.5%
Out-of-Country0.4%0.4%0.3%0.2%
Unknown1.8%2.5%1.5%1.5%

Music
Suburban19.1%14.1%14.7%13.4%15.6%
Chicago60.3%65.5%56.6%55.9%70.2%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.4%0.7%1.6%0.7%
Out-of-State14.9%13.4%16.3%22.0%13.5%
Out-of-Country
Unknown4.3%6.3%10.9%8.7%

School of Cont & Prof Studies
Suburban40.5%39.4%41.6%47.4%36.8%
Chicago53.2%54.5%55.1%46.2%55.9%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.6%1.0%1.1%2.6%1.5%
Out-of-State4.0%3.0%2.6%5.9%
Out-of-Country
Unknown0.8%2.0%2.2%1.3%

Science & Health
Suburban35.9%36.1%38.2%38.8%36.8%
Chicago51.2%52.2%50.1%49.9%53.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.0%1.4%2.0%2.2%1.2%
Out-of-State9.1%7.6%7.5%7.7%7.9%
Out-of-Country0.1%0.1%0.1%
Unknown2.9%2.5%2.1%1.4%0.2%

Theatre
Suburban5.6%2.6%2.9%5.4%8.3%
Chicago75.0%82.1%82.9%75.7%75.0%
Elsewhere in Illinois
Out-of-State19.4%12.8%14.3%18.9%16.7%
Out-of-Country
Unknown2.6%

Graduate Total
Suburban29.8%30.8%32.3%32.7%32.6%
Chicago50.9%49.4%48.9%50.2%53.3%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.4%1.3%1.5%1.6%1.3%
Out-of-State10.4%9.9%9.2%9.7%10.5%
Out-of-Country1.2%0.6%1.0%1.1%1.3%
Unknown6.5%8.0%7.2%4.7%1.0%

Professional
Law-Day
Suburban29.2%29.2%30.2%32.3%31.6%
Chicago55.2%55.6%49.0%45.3%51.5%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.0%2.5%2.6%3.2%2.6%
Out-of-State13.3%11.7%17.4%19.0%14.4%
Out-of-Country0.3%0.8%0.6%0.2%
Unknown0.2%0.2%0.2%

Law-Evening
Suburban32.0%32.6%37.5%38.2%35.4%
Chicago51.0%56.3%55.4%55.5%55.8%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.4%1.4%0.9%0.9%
Out-of-State4.1%4.9%2.7%2.7%5.3%
Out-of-Country3.5%0.9%1.8%2.7%
Unknown11.6%1.4%2.7%0.9%0.9%

Law-L.L.M.
Suburban20.0%26.7%31.3%40.0%36.4%
Chicago44.0%53.3%37.5%33.3%36.4%
Elsewhere in Illinois4.0%
Out-of-State4.0%6.7%12.5%13.3%18.2%
Out-of-Country18.8%13.3%9.1%
Unknown28.0%13.3%

Law-M.J.
Suburban20.0%12.0%14.7%17.3%
Chicago33.3%74.5%81.3%80.9%77.3%
Out-of-State1.3%2.7%
Unknown66.7%5.5%5.3%4.4%2.7%

Professional Total
Suburban29.3%29.2%29.5%31.7%30.8%
Chicago54.0%56.9%52.6%49.5%54.5%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.9%2.1%2.1%2.5%1.9%
Out-of-State11.2%9.6%13.9%15.0%11.9%
Out-of-Country0.3%1.2%1.0%0.6%0.5%
Unknown3.3%1.0%1.0%0.6%0.4%

University Total
Suburban40.7%40.1%40.5%41.1%41.2%
Chicago36.6%36.7%35.9%35.4%37.0%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.8%1.9%1.8%2.0%1.8%
Out-of-State17.2%17.1%17.6%18.2%18.5%
Out-of-Country0.7%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.7%
Unknown3.1%3.8%3.6%2.7%0.8%
* Based on current residence. Northwest Indiana is now classified as out of state. Previously it was classified as Chicago Suburbs.

 
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