The University of Chicago
This college is in Chicago, Illinois
The nickname
The mascot
Phil the Phoenix lives on top of Rockefeller chapel and serves proudly as the official mascot and phoenix of the University of Chicago. He is 3,000 years old.
The rentention rate
School
Average freshman retention rate
New York, NY
Chicago, IL
New Haven, CT
Providence, RI
Hanover, NH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Princeton, NJ
98%
The Low-income demogragpics
Family income below $80K
Family income between $80K and $120K
Family income above $120K
Aid goes to a wide diversity of students. For the incoming class of 2015, 93% of lower- and middle-income families who applied for financial aid received support from the university. Thanks to these and many other opportunities, 2/3 of students graduate debt-free.
The student / teacher ratio
Classes with fewer than
20 students (77.1%)
20-49 (17.2%)
50 or more (5.7%)
17.2%
77.1%
Classes with fewer than 20 students (77.1%)
77.1%
20-49 (17.2%)
17.2%
50 or more (5.7%)
5.7%
Student-faculty ratio
6:1
4-year graduation rate
87%
Five most popular majors for 2014 graduates
Economics
18%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
12%
Mathematics and Statistics
8%
Political Science and Government
8%
English Language and Literature/Letters
5%
The program I want to go
- To strengthen within our culture those values and procedures that support equality of opportunity and honor diversity of opinion in the pursuit of knowledge
- To develop targeted mentoring, training, climate interventions and support mechanisms to encourage all physical sciences faculty, academic staff and graduate students to attain their full career potential.
- To develop recruitment and retention strategies that will enhance the representation of women and minorities in all academic ranks in the PSD.
- To expand our efforts to identify women and minorities with leadership potential and provide them with opportunities to participate in governance within the division and the wider University.