Higher Learning Commission Annual Institutional Data Update
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ( 1872 )
  

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (Previous Year's Data in Parenthesis)

Instructions:
(Previous)New
1. Pre-associate certificate/diploma programs:(0)
2. Other undergraduate certificates/diploma programs:(1)1
3. Associate's degree programs:(0)
4. Bachelor's degree programs:(136)126
5. Master's degree programs:(145)136
6. Specialist's degree programs:(10)9
7. Doctor's degree programs:(102)97
8. Post-baccalaureate first professional degree programs:(1)2
9. Post-baccalaureate certificate programs:(0)

Programs & Awards Definitions:
  • Pre-associate certificate/diploma programs:
    • credit-bearing
    • culminate in the awarding of a certificate or diploma, but not a degree
    • usually require no previous college credit for admission
    • course work is lower division undergraduate
  • Other undergraduate certificate/diploma programs:
    • credit OR non-credit bearing
    • culminate in the awarding of a certificate or diploma, but not a degree
    • frequently require previous college credit for admission
    • course work is upper-division undergraduate
  • Associate's degree programs:
    • requires the completion of at least 2 years of full-time equivalent college-level work in a specified field of study
    • meets institutional requirements for completion of a degree
    • culminates in the awarding of a degree
  • Bachelor's degree programs:
    • requires the completion of at least 4 years of full-time equivalent college-level work in a specified field of study
    • meets institutional requirements for completion of a degree
    • culminates in the awarding of a degree
  • Post-baccalaureate certificate programs:
    • beyond bachelor's degree
    • requires the completion of an organized field of study
    • culminates in the awarding of a certificate, but not a degree
    • coursework is graduate level
  • Master's degree programs:
    • beyond bachelor's degree
    • requires the completion of at least 1 year of full-time equivalent graduate-level
    • meets institutional requirements for completion of the degree
    • culminates in awarding of the degree
  • Specialist's degree programs:
    • beyond bachelor's degree
    • requires the completion of college work beyond the bachelor's degree in a specific field of study
    • frequently found in Education and related academic disciplines
  • First professional degree programs:
    • provides the requisites for licensure in a recognized profession
    • requires at least 2 years of college-level work for admission
    • requires the completion of at least 6 years of full-time equivalent college work
    • must be within one of the following fields:
      • Chiropractic: D.C. or D.C.M
      • Dentistry: D.D.S. or D.M.D.
      • Medicine: M.D
      • Optometry: O.D
      • Osteopathic Medicine: D.O
      • Pharmacy: Pharm. D.
      • Podiatry: Pod. D. or D.P. or D.P.M
      • Veterinary Medicine: D.V.M
      • Law: L.L.B. or J.D
      • Theology: M. Div. or M.H.L or B.D. or Ordination
  • Doctor's degree programs:
    • beyond the master's degree
    • includes a dissertation or other original project
    • meets institutional requirements for completion of the degree
    • culminates in the awarding of the degree
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