UIUC Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

A public research institute - the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign makes a global mark with its graduates bagging good jobs after graduation. Some of them also continued their further studies or participated in volunteer courses at record rates. It also stated that 90% of students took part in experiential learning opportunities such as clinical courses, service learning, study abroad, research and others and out of these 35 percent of experiences helped students obtain a full-time career opportunity. 

By participating in experiential learning activities, students were able to discover career lines and interests, develop interdisciplinary skills, polish their networking skills and enhance their portfolios for the future. Also, the annual salaries were reported to have either increased or remained the same.The job placement rate is 95% at UIUC. 

UIUC Placement Highlights

Some of the top recruiters for the year 2022 were Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo, etc. The table given below shows some of the important placement highlights for the year 2022:

UIUC Class Profile

The table given below shows the class profile of the year 2022. From the given table we can undrstand that the number of female students this year is lesser than the number of male students and there was an increase in the total number of applicants as well.

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UIUC Employment Profile

In the year 2022 more than 4,000 graduates were there, out of which 67% of them chose to stay within the states of Illinois and 32% of them chose destinations within the U.S., other remaining students chose international locations across the world like South Korea, India, Canada, Spain, Germany, etc.

UIUC Top Employers

Some of the top employers for the year 2022 are given below in the table:

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UIUC Placement Stats by Industry/ Sector-wise Analysis

The highest number of students were placed in Information Sciences and the lowest number of students were placed in Applied Health Sciences. The table given below shows the percent of students placed in different industries:

UIUC Average Salary by Jobs

In the below given table we can see that the highest salary was bagged by the students of the Grainger  Engineering College in the year 2022. From the table given below we can see that there has been an increase in the salary as compared to the year 2021:

UIUC Campus Placement Support

The university has an established career center that organizes several events and programs for undergraduates, graduates and alumni for helping their career search sail smoothly and efficiently. The center not only aids students in discovering and getting part-time employment at the part-time job fair but also helps them in building their medical school applications. Students at Career Centre get acquainted with numerous collaborative programs and services. Stress is given to students’ overall professional well-being, empowerment, and education for enabling them to become industry-ready. Few of the services provided for students’ ease are: 

• Pre-health advising to alumni who hold an interest in health-related careers. 

• 30-minute career coaching sessions for alumni who have graduated for more than 1 year. 
• Access to Handshake 
• 10-15 minutes review sessions, with no prior appointment. 
• Interview drill with an in-person mock interview coach with on-the-spot feedback and suggestions to face real interviews. The interview may also be conducted online via Zoom, or through phone call when the fall and spring session is on.  

It should be noted that those who are enrolled in online degree courses and those who attended but did not obtain a degree cannot avail the Career Centre Services. The university also holds many career fairs on campus throughout the year which all the enrolled students can attend. The same can be attended in-person or virtually through your PC, tablet, or cell phone.

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UIUC Study/Work Options after Graduation

The table given below shows the overall data of the graduates of University of Illinois and what they decided to opt for after graduation:

UIUC Experiential Learning Programme

Experiential Learning helps students to connect their classroom  learning with the real world in which they live. Students here can develop various skills, expand their network and develop their personal interests. From the table given below you can see the various mode of programme the students chose from:

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