Illinois in the Numbers...

31,173 undergraduate students from all 50 states

7,299 freshmen enrolled in fall 2008; roughly 22,000 apply annually

2,225 International undergraduate students

More than 5,000 courses offered; and more than 150 programs of study

22 Nobel Prize faculty and alumni winners; many noted scholars, including one Crafoord
Prize and 20 Pulitzer Prize winners

286 main campus buildings on 2.3 square miles (1,468 acres)

559 total buildings on 7.7 square miles (4,938 acres)

More than 9,000 works of art at Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion’s permanent collection

46,000 artifacts of global cultures at the Spurlock Museum

75% of John Philip Sousa’s original music manuscripts, the world’s largest collection, at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

10 men’s and 11 women’s (NCAA) teams with 14 major facilities

470,000 square feet of recreational space between two newly expanded campus recreation and wellness centers, includes indoor tracks, leisure pool with slide, climbing wall, basketball and racquetball courts, indoor and outdoor 50-meter pools, and much more. Other recreational facilities include an ice arena, outdoor adventures center, inline skating rink and several play fields

100,000 people visit the Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center (1,500-acre national landmark) each year

16,000 daily visitors to the Illini Union have access to a hotel, banquet facility, food court, art gallery and recreation room. Two ballrooms and 24 break-out rooms are available for conferences, meetings and events

22 undergraduate University residence halls accommodate 8,550 students, including seven Living-Learning Communities

More than 1,000 registered student organizations, coalitions, honorary societies and teams

The Illini Media Company chartered in 1911 by the state of Illinois; produces independent paper The Daily Illini, Illio yearbook, Technograph engineering magazine, Buzz Weekly, and 107.1 WPGU-FM

Nation’s largest Greek-letter community: 60 fraternities and 36 sororities; about 22% of all undergraduates participate

Rated #1 as one of the most “disability friendly” U.S. campus. First to provide students with disabilities access to all university services, curricula, and facilities; developed first architectural accessibility standards; designed & instituted a wheelchair-accessible bus system; first to offer comprehensive wheelchair sports programming. Developed the first transitional living program for students with physical disabilities needing personal assistant support services

2,071 study abroad students in 2007-08

Ranked 5th in the nation’s “Top 20 Research Institutions” in number of students studying abroad

5,933 international students in 2008 from 131 countries; ranked #4 in the nation’s “Top 20 Research Institutions” in number of international students

401,492 Living alumni of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the largest U.S. alumni organizations

2,500,000 State residents participating in the University of Illinois Extension programs for farmers, families, children, businesses, and communities

117,000 Passengers who fly every year from Willard Airport on commercial airlines, with non-stop service to Chicago, Dallas, and Detroit