AMERICA’S URBAN CAMPUS

Chicago is home to dozens of higher education institutions, including community colleges, major research universities and professional schools. A group of 20 of ’s largest not-for- profit higher education institutions, representing over 213,000 students, has formed as America’s Urban Campus (AUC) to collaborate on a range of initiatives and investigate the economic, educational and cultural impact of Chicago's higher education systems. In May, 2018, AUC was designated a tax exempt organization under section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

OUR MISSION

The mission of America’s Urban Campus is to enhance the image of Chicago as a global destination for higher education and to improve the lives of its citizens by drawing on the collective strengths of its member institutions. Specifically, AUC seeks to position Chicago, and in turn its member institutions, as the go-to place for:

• Students seeking to experience a city as campus – from internship opportunities to experiencing the city’s incredible cultural offerings – with post-graduation career and lifestyle opportunities • Faculty seeking innovative research and teaching opportunities • Businesses seeking talent

OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

• Adler University Chicago • The Chicago School of Professional Psychology • • • • DePaul University • East-West University • Institute of Technology • The John Marshall Law School • Loyola University Chicago • National Louis University • • Northeastern Illinois University • • Robert Morris University • • • St. Augustine College • • School of the Art Institute of Chicago • The • The University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago is America’s Urban Campus.® AUC's mission is to enhance the image of Chicago as a global destination for higher education and to improve the lives of its citizens by drawing on the collective strengths of its member institutions.

AUC INSTITUTIONS

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field of stud City Colleges of Chicago HUMANITIES by PHYSICAL SCIENCE, and analysis, Columbia College Chicago AGRICULTURE, AND ates 21,937 ; 37%tim grees NATURAL RESOURCES de DePaul University AEG es 874 ; 2% ce: Sour East-West University portion of ENGINEERING, pro Illinois Institute of Technology MATHEMATICS, AND The COMPUTER SCIENCE BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, The John Marshall Law School advanced degrees, as one might expect. Humanities degrees make up the largest AND LAWportion of bachelor degrees, while business, management, and law degrees make up the largest portion of advanced degrees. Business, management, and Loyola University Chicago 6,590 ; 11% law degrees; medicine and biological science degrees; and engineering, mathe- 12,676 ; 21%matics, and computer science degrees represent a higher share of advanced degrees than bachelor degrees. Undergraduates receive a higher proportion of National Louis University degrees in social sciences. OTHER field of study. North Park University 4,747 ; 8% 15.See “Academic Program Definitions” on page A-1 for a list of the degrees included in each Northeastern Illinois University MEDICINE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE LLC Northwestern University 12,302 ; 21% oup, Robert Morris University Gr

Roosevelt University AUC INSTITUTIONS ARE MAKING A GLOBAL IMPACT WITH THEIR GRADUATES. Rush University

St. Augustine College Anderson Economic MORE THAN MILLION ALUMNI OF AMERICA'S URBAN CAMPUS Saint Xavier University 1.2 LIVE IN EVERY U.S. STATE

School of the Art Institute of Chicago AND IN MORE THAN 241 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. The University of Chicago 10% OF CHICAGO'S 25+ AGE POPULATION ARE AUC GRADUATES. The University of Illinois at Chicago cer- and

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STUDENT ORIGINS A T AUC INSTITU TIO NS FAL L 2016 awarded nearly 54,000 America’s Urban Campus Students and Degrees and ts, studen 6,000 VIII. America’s Urban21 Campus Students and IN-STATE, INTERNATIONAL er Degrees ov NOT IN CHICAGO ll 2012 Fa 19,329 lled 51,802 ns, In the 2012-13 academic year, America’s Urban Campus colleges and universi- utio ties enro tificates. In this section, we discuss the student body of America’s Urban Campus’ 17 collegesin Map and 3 universities.on page 34 and Map 4 on page 35, the students at America’s ows student origins for AUC schools. hown s Urban Campus Instit OUT-OF-STATE As CHICAGO below sh Urban Campus colleges and universities represent every state in the U.S. and nearly 150 countries across the world.America Of the’s students enrolled in fall 2012 for78 43,494 Figure 5 at 28,187 which we have14 prior residence data, 27% werel; from Chicago, 39% wereo; 37,6 from elsewhere in Illinois, 26%igins were from othertio nastates in the U.S., andChicag 8% were inter- rna 878 Or Inte national. 11, udent St STUDENT ENROLLMENT

icago; Ch in Campus IN CHICAGO not te, 54,247 f-state; 36,653 -sta o In ta 24% OF INCOMING AUC FRESHMAN ARE FROM CPS SCHOOLS AND IN 2016 TRANSFERRED TO AUC COLLEGES FROM 2700 STUDENTS in America’s Urban reported student originle dad CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO at MAKING UP OF ALL TRANSFERS 50% 31

ties includes students from schools6,549 th students enrol versi ce: AEG estimates and analysis,w basedere on 2 source1 data from America's Urban Campus Sour This figure only colleges and uni ere Note: , th , John Marshall Law School, Loyola University, North WHERE ARE STUDENTS FROM? fall 2012 STUDENTS BY COUNTRY, FALL 2016 In institutions. Of those students, 70% were undergraduate students. Student

14.Wethe have Chicago prior residence School of data Professional for students Psychology, that attend Columbia Adler School College of Professional Chicago, DePaul Psychology, Univer- sity, Illinois Institute of Technology Park University, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago. We have prior residence data for only undergraduate students that attend Saint Xavier University.

LLC oup, Gr 180 COUNTRIES Anderson Economic AROUND THE WORLD TOTAL STUDENTS

0 ALL 1 - 49 50 STATES 50 - 99 100 - 499 500 - 999 1,000 - 4,999 5,000 - 77384

SOURCE: AMERICA’S URBAN CAMPUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ANALYSIS: ANDERSON ECONOMIC GROUP, LLC NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE STUDENTS BY COUNTRY TOTALS: CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO, NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY, ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY AND SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY.

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