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Location Illinois offers an excellent location in the heart of the United States, making it a major transportation hub, giving residents a taste of all four seasons and offering both city life and natural beauty. History Illinois is composed of immigrants from many nations, making it one of the most demographically diverse states in the world. Illinois is home to Chicago, which has played an integral role in global economics and business through the birth, development and evolution of the economic futures and options markets. Education STUDY ILLINOIS colleges and universities offer thousands of degrees to choose from, and Illinois campuses range from small private colleges in quiet rural locations to large vertical campuses in big-city settings. Why Illinois?
Where is Illinois?
Illinois Geography A Great State in the Heartland of the USA Friendly Midwestern Values Reasonable Cost of Living Diversity in Geography and People Outstanding Educational Opportunities
Illinois Trivia Illinois State Flag The Prairie State The Land of Lincoln Chicago: The Windy City Population: 12,880,580 (5 th largest in the U.S.) Area: 57,915 miles 2 Capital: Springfield
GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY Illinois Landscapes: Downtown Chicago; Illinois Cornfields; Waterfalls, Starved Rock State Park; Castle Rock State Park;
HISTORY Abraham Lincoln Home, part of the Abraham Lincoln National Historic Site; The Old State Capitol in Springfield; Covered wagon, Nauvoo
Cultural Diversity: (L-R) St. Andrew Highland Games; Mexican Culture in Chicago; Native American dance at Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site, Collinsville; Blues performer in Chicago CULTURAL DIVERSITY
ILLINOIS Superlatives Best Architecture Big Business Big Ideas Nobel Prizes Outstanding Education!
Deep Dish Pizza (1943) Ferris Wheel (1893) Skyscrapers (1884) The Pinball Machine First successful open heart surgery - 1893 First use of an incubator - 1922 First successful liver transplant - 1989 Home of Inventions
Illinois technology: (L-R) the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC; Fermilab in Batavia, with its accelerators, neutrons, quarks, and antiprotons; Argonne National Laboratory, the nation's first national laboratory SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ILLINOIS: The State of Science More than 75 Nobel Prize Winners Over 20 Incubators for business, science and technology The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) World s Largest Urban Medical District Includes 40 health-care related facilities Around $13 billion invested in R&D (Illinois Innovation Network)
Chicago Largest Illinois City
Chicago Superlatives World s Largest Tiffany Dome: Chicago Cultural Center World s Largest Illuminated Fountain: Buckingham Fountain World s Largest Modern Art Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art World s Largest Food Festival: Taste of Chicago
Chicago Architecture
ILLINOIS Education Diversity Public Universities Private Universities Community Colleges Intensive English Institutes Professional Schools Fine Arts Specialized
International Students in Illinois Fast Facts By the Numbers Illinois is ranked #5 in the U.S. for the number of International students There are 46,574 International students in Illinois Open Doors Report 2015
1989-1990 1999-2000 2009-2010 2011-2012 2013-2014 16,816 22,807 31,093 35,920 42,527 2014-2015 46,574 International Students in the State
Institution City Total University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana 11,223 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago 5,164 Northwestern University Evanston 4,329 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago 4,321 University of Chicago Chicago 3,530 Institutions with the Highest Number of International Students
For United States Rank Place of Origin % Total 1 China 35.1 2 India 18.8 3 South Korea 7.7 4 Saudi Arabia 3.4 5 Brazil 2.7 For Illinois Leading Places of Origin
Kanye West Grammy-Winning Musician Walt Disney American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer. Robin Williams (1951-2014) American Actor and Comedian Famous Illinoisans
Graduates from Illinois Schools on the International Stage Paul Simon, US Congressman, Author, and International Education Advocate Ang Lee, Academy Award Winning Director and Graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania and Graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology
Jane Addams, Reformer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady, Senator and Presidential Candidate Famous Illinoisans
Famous ILLINOISIANS Georgia O Keefe Orson Welles Artist Film Director Michael Jordan Oprah Basketball Star Television
Famous ILLINOIS Presidents Barack Obama Current U.S. President Ronald Reagan 40 th President Abraham Lincoln 16th President
National University Rankings University of Chicago (#4) Northwestern University (#12) University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign: (#41) Loyola University Chicago: (#99) Illinois Institute of Technology: (#108) DePaul University (#123) National Liberal Arts Ranking Knox College (#72) Augustana College(#105) Wheaton College (#57) Lake Forest College (#108) Illinois Wesleyan University (#72) U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Study Illinois Member Schools
19 th largest economy in the world Home to over 30 fortune 500 companies Corporate Headquarters in Illinois
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