Champaign, IL (population: 80,835) has one curriculum school within its city limits. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a total student population of 43,881. It is the 655th highest ranked school in the USA and the 17th highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).
Curriculum students from Champaign schools who go on to become curriculum and instruction directors, teachers, educators, professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 599,500 people working as teachers and instructors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $41,110. Also, Mathematical science teachers make on average $70,550 per year and there are about 48,100 of them employed in the US today.
Champaign lies in Champaign county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Champaign-Urbana area has 99,660 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $44,470 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ends up costing a student $15,238/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Champaign |
Decatur | IL | 75,262 | 10 | 24.2253 | 291 | 39.8 miles |
Normal | IL | 53,432 | 3 | 33.6285 | 220 | 48.2 miles |
Terre Haute | IN | 60,269 | 5 | 28.5376 | 204 | 64.4 miles |
Kankakee | IL | - | 1 | 13.4446 | 50 | 72.9 miles |
Crawfordsville | IN | - | 1 | 65.7607 | 29 | 73.5 miles |
West Lafayette | IN | - | 1 | 78.6553 | 122 | 74.6 miles |
Bourbonnais | IL | - | 1 | 28.6851 | 105 | 75.7 miles |
East Peoria | IL | - | 2 | 21.1433 | 95 | 79.5 miles |
Greencastle | IN | - | 1 | 73.3275 | 64 | 80.8 miles |
Robinson | IL | - | 1 | 19.6738 | 33 | 81.3 miles |
University Park | IL | - | 2 | 26.7847 | 216 | 96.8 miles |
Joliet | IL | 153,577 | 4 | 31.5356 | 154 | 98.5 miles |