Start Your Illinois Journey Here
As a student in Exploratory Studies, you’ll find a community of exploring peers, supportive academic advisors, and the ability to explore.
Choose Your Major Later
With Exploratory Studies, you will get first-hand experience in major, minor, and pre-professional coursework in your areas of interest. You can explore and discover Illinois majors while staying on track for graduation.
Award Winning Advisors
Our national award-winning advisors are recognized for their knowledge of academic requirements for all majors and their personal approach to advising. No matter where you want to go, our advisors can help you get there.
A Popular Choice
Exploratory Studies brings in the third-largest first-year class of students each year and we have served over 30,000 new exploring students over the years. This goes to show- exploration is normal and common, especially for Illinois students!
A Community of Explorers
Exploratory Studies partners with University Housing to offer a unique living option for our students to build a community of exploration that goes beyond the classroom in Weston Hall’s Exploration Living-Learning Community (LLC).
Where Do Exploring Students Go?
Academic Year 2024-2025
| College | Number of Students | Average GPA* |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) | 155 | 3.37 |
| Applied Health Sciences (AHS) | 138 | 3.4 |
| Media (MEDIA) | 130 | 3.44 |
| Education (EDUC) | 17 | 3.51 |
| Grainger Engineering (ENGR) | 49 | 3.73 |
| Fine and Applied Arts (FAA) | 49 | 3.36 |
| Gies Business (BUS) | 90 | 3.88 |
| Information Sciences (i-School) | 43 | 3.66 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) | 468 | 3.29 |
| Social Work (SW) | 8 | 3.25 |
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