Aug. 20, 2021

Aug. 20, 2021

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Volume 67, Issue 25

Highlights

On Novmember 1, 2020, Sarena Abdallah, a junior at the Unviversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, leads a vigil in front of the campus Alma Mater statue to raise awareness of students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data

Administration

Learn about executive pay, staff pay, staff characteristics, and more in this year’s administration data.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Andrew Megill directs the University of Illinois Chamber Singers, the premiere choral ensemble at the university, during a class held in the ampitheater of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on September 1, 2020, one week after fall semester classes began. This was the first time since early March 2020 that the group had met. “This is the thing we do that we love most,” Megill said. “I remember who I am here.”

Data

Finances

Learn about tuition and fees, donations and endowments, and revenue and expenditures in this year’s finances data.

University of Illinois student Jacob Harris watches a remote lecture on his phone in the Illini Union Ballroom on November 6, 2020, in Urbana, IL.

Data Points

How has the drop in international students affected the economy? Who would benefit from the federal government’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt per person? How have community-college students fared during the pandemic?

University of Illinois graduate Thomas Villanueva waits to make photographs with his mother and father on the main quad on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Sunday, May 16, 2021, during commencement activities in Urbana, IL. Thomas’s mother made the sign he carries with him. Commencement marked the end of the 2020-2021 academic year, which was defined by COVID-19 pandemic. Official commencement exercises were limited to “Online Commencement Celebrations” and in-person “Stage Crossing experiences,” where graduates were allowed to be accompanied by up to four registered guests.

Data

Outcomes

Learn about degrees, graduates, and debt in this year’s outcomes data.

Jade Oribello, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign junior from Lincolnwood, Illinois, was photographed on September 18, 2020, before swimming laps in the indoor pool at the campus’s Activities & Recreation Center in Champaign. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pool is the only one of three campus pools currently open for swimming. Swimmers must make a reservation to use one of the lanes of the pool, and may swim only for 45 minutes. In accordance with Champaign County Health District guidance, swimmers must wear a mask at poolside, remove the mask to enter the water and swim, and replace the mask when they exit the water. Under the current protocols, only 22 people are allowed to use the 50 meter Olympic size pool at any given time. Oribello said via email, “I am able to clear my mind when I swim. I would consider it 'me' time as I don't need to talk to anyone and I can just focus on my swimming. It's just another relaxer of mine. A plus side about swimming is that it also keeps me in shape!"

Data

Students

Learn about student characteristics, enrollment, aid, and more in this year’s students data.

Data

Faculty

Learn about faculty pay and faculty diversity, who makes up the professoriate, and more in this year’s faculty data.

Illustration of 3D U.S. map overlaying statistics

The States

College Attainment. Graduation Rates. Faculty Pay. How Does Your State Stack Up?

Explore how the states compare with one another and with the nation on demographics, college enrollment, diversity, tuition costs, and more.