General Information

Location: 

Springfield, Illinois; state capital; site of Abraham Lincoln’s Home National Historic Site; centrally located on Interstates 55 and 72

Enrollment: 

4,364 (Fall 2025)

Campus Size: 

746 acres

Academic Programs:

UIS is proud to offer 63 degree-granting programs; 35 bachelor’s degree programs; 28 master’s degree programs; 1 doctoral program (AY 2025-2026)

Residence Life: 

Our first-time, first-year and sophomore students live in Lincoln Residence Hall and Founders Residence Hall. Additionally, junior, senior, graduate and family students choose to live in our West Campus town homes and East Campus apartments.

Financial Assistance: 

Approximately 80% of all UIS undergraduate students receive financial aid through scholarships, grants, loans and/or student employment (FY 2024-2025)

Student Profile:

  • 53.6% undergraduate and 46.4% graduate
  • Full-time: 60.1%
  • Residents in campus housing: 83% occupied based on available beds: 74% occupied based on total beds (Fall 2025)
  • Student origins: 71.6% Illinois, 12.0% out-of-state, 16.4% international

Top five enrolled undergraduate majors:

  1. Business Administration
  2. Computer Science
  3. Psychology
  4. Biology
  5. Elementary Education

Top five enrolled graduate majors:

  1. Business Administration (MBA)
  2. Computer Science
  3. Public Administration
  4. Management Information Systems
  5. Cybersecurity Management

Athletics: 

NCAA Division II – 18 sports competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference include: men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, men's and women's cross country, baseball, women’s volleyball, softball, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's flag football.

Clubs and organizations: 

Student Organizations are an integral part of campus life. UIS students have formed and registered 60+ Organizations and hosted over 1000 events, meetings and activities for students.

Entertainment: 

The University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center has concerts, lectures, musicals and theatrical productions in the 2,005-seat Sangamon Auditorium and in the 124-seat UIS Studio Theatre; and sports and performance space, as well as fitness and wellness activities in TRAC (The Recreation and Athletic Center).

UIS is home to traditional-aged residential students, older commuter students with full-time jobs and families, and more than 2,400 students who earn degrees entirely online. In Fall 2025 there were 4,634 students enrolled in classes at UIS from all parts of the world.   

AY 2023-2024: UIS has approximately 63,046 alumni and certificate holders located throughout the world, with the greatest concentration in Illinois.