<p>UIUC has one of the best engineering programs in the country and most OOS students go to UIUC for engineering. It is a good flagship school but top 5 for engineering. Look at its stats and its OOS pool. Not many would consider UIUC as an OOS student unless it is for engineering due to its land locked location. It has the most Chinese students in the country mostly again for engineering. Stats are public since this is a public school, you should review before you make a choice. My D is in engineering and if we could have afforded Berkley she would have went there, she was deferred luckily and University of Michigan too expensive. I am from Illinois and my daughter said hands down if we could have afforded OOS tuition she would have chosen another school due to her loving the city and being around water. </p>